diff --git a/package/base/sysklogd/logrotate.cron b/package/base/sysklogd/logrotate.cron
index 99f03fc73..64acf536b 100644
--- a/package/base/sysklogd/logrotate.cron
+++ b/package/base/sysklogd/logrotate.cron
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for filename in `find /var/log -type f ! -name '*.gz'` ; do
 	kilobytes=`du -k $filename | cut -f1`
 	if [ $kilobytes -gt 4096 ] ; then
 		echo -e "$kilobytes\t$filename\t(rotate, sending sighup)"
-		for num in `seq 3 1` ; do
+		for num in `seq 3 -1 1` ; do
 			[ -f "$filename-$num.gz" ] && mv "$filename-$num.gz" "$filename-$(( $num + 1 )).gz"
 		done
 		read mode uid gid < <( stat -c "%a %u %g" "$filename" )