diff --git a/drivers/media/video/tea5761.c b/drivers/media/video/tea5761.c
index 5326eec..3561266 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/tea5761.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/tea5761.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "tuner-i2c.h"
 #include "tea5761.h"
 
-static int debug = 0;
+static int debug;
 module_param(debug, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "enable verbose debug messages");