diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index 70b7dacf9238..3c108f9be5e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ extern struct device_node *of_find_all_nodes(struct device_node *prev);
 static inline u64 of_read_number(const __be32 *cell, int size)
 {
 	u64 r = 0;
-	while (size--)
-		r = (r << 32) | be32_to_cpu(*(cell++));
+	for (; size--; cell++)
+		r = (r << 32) | be32_to_cpu(*cell);
 	return r;
 }