diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.10/770-15-net-ethernet-mtk_eth_soc-add-support-for-initializin.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.10/770-15-net-ethernet-mtk_eth_soc-add-support-for-initializin.patch
index fa4803211a..09282175b0 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-5.10/770-15-net-ethernet-mtk_eth_soc-add-support-for-initializin.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-5.10/770-15-net-ethernet-mtk_eth_soc-add-support-for-initializin.patch
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 +{
 +	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + HZ;
 +
-+	while (time_is_before_jiffies(timeout)) {
++	while (time_is_after_jiffies(timeout)) {
 +		if (!(ppe_r32(ppe, MTK_PPE_GLO_CFG) & MTK_PPE_GLO_CFG_BUSY))
 +			return 0;
 +