--- net/ipv4/tcp.c.orig	2004-01-22 22:49:38.000000000 +0100
+++ net/ipv4/tcp.c	2004-01-22 22:42:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@ int tcp_listen_start(struct sock *sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	memset(lopt, 0, sizeof(struct tcp_listen_opt));
-	for (lopt->max_qlen_log = 6; ; lopt->max_qlen_log++)
-		if ((1 << lopt->max_qlen_log) >= sysctl_max_syn_backlog)
-			break;
+	lopt->max_qlen_log = 6;
+	while (sysctl_max_syn_backlog > (1 << lopt->max_qlen_log))
+		lopt->max_qlen_log++;
 	get_random_bytes(&lopt->hash_rnd, 4);
 
 	write_lock_bh(&tp->syn_wait_lock);