Since we didn't reset t to 0, only the first iteration of the loop did checked the ready bit several times. From the second iteration and on, we just tested the bit once and continued to the next iteration. Reported-and-tested-by: Lorenzo Zolfanelli <lorenzo@zolfa.nl> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216452 Fixes: 289e5501c314 ("iwlwifi: fix the preparation of the card") Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230416154301.615b683ab9c8.Ic52c3229d3345b0064fa34263293db095d88daf8@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>