diff --git a/samples/bpf/tracex4_user.c b/samples/bpf/tracex4_user.c
index 227b05a0bc883368c94b12b84c16ecf3ac2d6792..dee8f0a091ba6ab253e713aaefeb77e9bb998e7a 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/tracex4_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/tracex4_user.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **argv)
 	struct bpf_program *prog;
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
 	char filename[256];
-	int map_fd, i, j = 0;
+	int map_fd, j = 0;
 
 	snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s_kern.o", argv[0]);
 	obj = bpf_object__open_file(filename, NULL);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **argv)
 		j++;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; ; i++) {
+	while (1) {
 		print_old_objects(map_fd);
 		sleep(1);
 	}