diff --git a/features/FEATURE_LWIP/lwip-interface/lwip-eth/arch/TARGET_NXP/TARGET_LPCTarget/lpc17_emac.c b/features/FEATURE_LWIP/lwip-interface/lwip-eth/arch/TARGET_NXP/TARGET_LPCTarget/lpc17_emac.c
index 5b3b326435a..c79083c9433 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_LWIP/lwip-interface/lwip-eth/arch/TARGET_NXP/TARGET_LPCTarget/lpc17_emac.c
+++ b/features/FEATURE_LWIP/lwip-interface/lwip-eth/arch/TARGET_NXP/TARGET_LPCTarget/lpc17_emac.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static err_t lpc_low_level_output(struct netif *netif, struct pbuf *p)
 	/* Wait until enough descriptors are available for the transfer. */
 	/* THIS WILL BLOCK UNTIL THERE ARE ENOUGH DESCRIPTORS AVAILABLE */
 #if NO_SYS == 0
-	for (idx = 0; idx < dn; idx++) {
+	for (s32_t count = 0; count < dn; count++) {
 	    osSemaphoreAcquire(lpc_enetif->xTXDCountSem.id, osWaitForever);
 	}
 	MBED_ASSERT(dn <= lpc_tx_ready(netif));