diff --git a/c/src/lib/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c b/c/src/lib/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
index f1c55c4ad1..ce9aa9a554 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ rtems_monitor_dump_name(rtems_name name)
     for (i=0; i<sizeof(u.c); i++)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #else
-    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i++)
+    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i--)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #endif
     return length;
diff --git a/c/src/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c b/c/src/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
index f1c55c4ad1..ce9aa9a554 100644
--- a/c/src/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
+++ b/c/src/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ rtems_monitor_dump_name(rtems_name name)
     for (i=0; i<sizeof(u.c); i++)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #else
-    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i++)
+    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i--)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #endif
     return length;
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c b/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
index f1c55c4ad1..ce9aa9a554 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ rtems_monitor_dump_name(rtems_name name)
     for (i=0; i<sizeof(u.c); i++)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #else
-    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i++)
+    for (i=sizeof(u.c)-1; i ; i--)
         length += rtems_monitor_dump_char(u.c[i]);
 #endif
     return length;