diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 8649dbf06ce4..b5633501f181 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ static struct blk_mq_tags *blk_mq_init_rq_map(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 		int to_do;
 		void *p;
 
-		while (left < order_to_size(this_order - 1) && this_order)
+		while (this_order && left < order_to_size(this_order - 1))
 			this_order--;
 
 		do {