diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
index ea503d2a19f8..2c6c55837c7a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_obd.c
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int lov_add_target(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_uuid *uuidp,
 
 		newsize = max_t(__u32, lov->lov_tgt_size, 2);
 		while (newsize < index + 1)
-			newsize = newsize << 1;
+			newsize <<= 1;
 		OBD_ALLOC(newtgts, sizeof(*newtgts) * newsize);
 		if (newtgts == NULL) {
 			mutex_unlock(&lov->lov_lock);