diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index 9824c8868cdf..b2f309d97c85 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1472,10 +1472,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lprocfs_oh_tally);
 
 void lprocfs_oh_tally_log2(struct obd_histogram *oh, unsigned int value)
 {
-	unsigned int val;
+	unsigned int val = 0;
 
-	for (val = 0; ((1 << val) < value) && (val <= OBD_HIST_MAX); val++)
-		;
+	if (likely(value != 0))
+		val = min(fls(value - 1), OBD_HIST_MAX);
 
 	lprocfs_oh_tally(oh, val);
 }