diff --git a/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c b/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c
index 2c11bd3fe1fd6..17061f1df0f44 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ size_t parport_ieee1284_ecp_read_data (struct parport *port,
 				goto out;
 
 			/* Yield the port for a while. */
-			if (count && dev->port->irq != PARPORT_IRQ_NONE) {
+			if (dev->port->irq != PARPORT_IRQ_NONE) {
 				parport_release (dev);
 				schedule_timeout_interruptible(msecs_to_jiffies(40));
 				parport_claim_or_block (dev);