diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
index 7ec895407d23..e0a5fe83d8e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-qcom-ethqos.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int ethqos_configure(struct qcom_ethqos *ethqos)
 			dll_lock = rgmii_readl(ethqos, SDC4_STATUS);
 			if (dll_lock & SDC4_STATUS_DLL_LOCK)
 				break;
+			retry--;
 		} while (retry > 0);
 		if (!retry)
 			dev_err(&ethqos->pdev->dev,