diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c b/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
index 605c8be06217..c0bedcd10f97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/memtest.c
@@ -40,23 +40,23 @@ static void __init reserve_bad_mem(u64 pattern, u64 start_bad, u64 end_bad)
 
 static void __init memtest(u64 pattern, u64 start_phys, u64 size)
 {
-	u64 i, count;
-	u64 *start;
+	u64 *p;
+	void *start, *end;
 	u64 start_bad, last_bad;
 	u64 start_phys_aligned;
 	size_t incr;
 
 	incr = sizeof(pattern);
 	start_phys_aligned = ALIGN(start_phys, incr);
-	count = (size - (start_phys_aligned - start_phys))/incr;
 	start = __va(start_phys_aligned);
+	end = start + size - (start_phys_aligned - start_phys);
 	start_bad = 0;
 	last_bad = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-		start[i] = pattern;
-	for (i = 0; i < count; i++, start++, start_phys_aligned += incr) {
-		if (*start == pattern)
+	for (p = start; p < end; p++)
+		*p = pattern;
+	for (p = start; p < end; p++, start_phys_aligned += incr) {
+		if (*p == pattern)
 			continue;
 		if (start_phys_aligned == last_bad + incr) {
 			last_bad += incr;