Make sure Attempts does not go negative.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/rabbit_control.erl b/src/rabbit_control.erl
index 6fb465b514..1af91f4c3a 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_control.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_control.erl
@@ -304,10 +304,9 @@ action(list_permissions, Node, [], Opts, Inform) ->
 
 wait_for_application(Node, Attempts) ->
     case rpc_call(Node, application, which_applications, [infinity]) of
-        {badrpc, _} = E -> NewAttempts = Attempts - 1,
-                           case NewAttempts of
+        {badrpc, _} = E -> case Attempts of
                                0 -> E;
-                               _ -> wait_for_application0(Node, NewAttempts)
+                               _ -> wait_for_application0(Node, Attempts - 1)
                            end;
         Apps            -> case proplists:is_defined(rabbit, Apps) of
                                %% We've seen the node up; if it goes down