diff --git a/drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-i2c.c b/drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-i2c.c
index ba932593db20e702cd8606f44371ed801ac77d12..9b6edbd81bb1ba1224eef18f40db81fb02b671f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tm6000/tm6000-i2c.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-static unsigned int i2c_debug = 0;
+static unsigned int i2c_debug;
 module_param(i2c_debug, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(i2c_debug, "enable debug messages [i2c]");