diff --git a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
index a5f76a4..4af64d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/exhaleEnc.cpp
@@ -731,9 +731,8 @@ unsigned ExhaleEncoder::getOptParCorCoeffs (const SfbGroupData& grpData, const u
 
         predGainCurr = (temp >> 24) & UCHAR_MAX;
         predGainPrev = (temp >> 16) & UCHAR_MAX;
-        while ((bestOrder > 1) && (predGainPrev >= predGainCurr))  // lowest-order gain max.
+        while ((predGainPrev >= predGainCurr) && --bestOrder > 1)  // lowest-order gain max.
         {
-          bestOrder--;
           predGainCurr = predGainPrev;
           predGainPrev = (temp >> (8 * bestOrder - 16)) & UCHAR_MAX;
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/specAnalysis.cpp b/src/lib/specAnalysis.cpp
index f1e79b2..24f95cb 100644
--- a/src/lib/specAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/specAnalysis.cpp
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ unsigned SpecAnalyzer::getLinPredCoeffs (short parCorCoeffs[MAX_PREDICTION_ORDER
 
   predGainCurr = (m_tnsPredGains[channelIndex] >> 24) & UCHAR_MAX;
   predGainPrev = (m_tnsPredGains[channelIndex] >> 16) & UCHAR_MAX;
-  while ((bestOrder > 1) && (predGainPrev >= predGainCurr))  // find lowest-order gain maximum
+  while ((predGainPrev >= predGainCurr) && --bestOrder > 1)  // find lowest-order gain maximum
   {
-    bestOrder--;
     predGainCurr = predGainPrev;
     predGainPrev = (m_tnsPredGains[channelIndex] >> (8 * bestOrder - 16)) & UCHAR_MAX;
   }