diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index d5993cedc829..c7b8f2d6366c 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ int transfer_args_to_stack(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	stop = bprm->p >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	sp = *sp_location;
 
-	for (index = MAX_ARG_PAGES - 1; index >= stop; index--) {
+	for (index = MAX_ARG_PAGES; index-- > stop; ) {
 		unsigned int offset = index == stop ? bprm->p & ~PAGE_MASK : 0;
 		char *src = kmap_local_page(bprm->page[index]) + offset;
 		sp -= PAGE_SIZE - offset;