diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
index 75c15c8e41db..aa2ea563f25f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ static int qat_rsa_set_n(struct qat_rsa_ctx *ctx, const char *value,
 	const char *ptr = value;
 	int ret;
 
-	while (!*ptr && vlen) {
+	while (vlen && !*ptr) {
 		ptr++;
 		vlen--;
 	}
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static int qat_rsa_set_e(struct qat_rsa_ctx *ctx, const char *value,
 	struct device *dev = &GET_DEV(inst->accel_dev);
 	const char *ptr = value;
 
-	while (!*ptr && vlen) {
+	while (vlen && !*ptr) {
 		ptr++;
 		vlen--;
 	}
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ static int qat_rsa_set_d(struct qat_rsa_ctx *ctx, const char *value,
 	const char *ptr = value;
 	int ret;
 
-	while (!*ptr && vlen) {
+	while (vlen && !*ptr) {
 		ptr++;
 		vlen--;
 	}
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ static int qat_rsa_set_d(struct qat_rsa_ctx *ctx, const char *value,
 
 static void qat_rsa_drop_leading_zeros(const char **ptr, unsigned int *len)
 {
-	while (!**ptr && *len) {
+	while (*len && !**ptr) {
 		(*ptr)++;
 		(*len)--;
 	}