diff --git a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
index d940234..1f8d2f1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c
@@ -1281,21 +1281,19 @@ static void get_function_bounds(unsigned long pc, unsigned long *startp,
 	catch_memory_errors = 0;
 }
 
-static int xmon_depth_to_print = 64;
-
 #define LRSAVE_OFFSET		(STACK_FRAME_LR_SAVE * sizeof(unsigned long))
 #define MARKER_OFFSET		(STACK_FRAME_MARKER * sizeof(unsigned long))
 
 static void xmon_show_stack(unsigned long sp, unsigned long lr,
 			    unsigned long pc)
 {
+	int max_to_print = 64;
 	unsigned long ip;
 	unsigned long newsp;
 	unsigned long marker;
-	int count = 0;
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 
-	do {
+	while (max_to_print--) {
 		if (sp < PAGE_OFFSET) {
 			if (sp != 0)
 				printf("SP (%lx) is in userspace\n", sp);
@@ -1366,7 +1364,7 @@ static void xmon_show_stack(unsigned long sp, unsigned long lr,
 			break;
 
 		sp = newsp;
-	} while (count++ < xmon_depth_to_print);
+	}
 }
 
 static void backtrace(struct pt_regs *excp)