diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/debugfs.c
index 36e7ec1e0c3ba350ba2e86cb6156e2879c5f77f8..dc3ca0031817699d952bb3135dc8823d5b911662 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/debugfs.c
@@ -402,11 +402,6 @@ static int wl1271_debugfs_add_files(struct wl1271 *wl,
 
 	DEBUGFS_ADD(gpio_power, rootdir);
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_x32("debug_level", 0600, rootdir,
-				   &wl12xx_debug_level);
-	if (!entry || IS_ERR(entry))
-		goto err;
-
 	return 0;
 
 err:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 2192e4cf62f459496d7e40df9d680b0094f842d7..907655504983dc9a3c800e36063066d641d8a449 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -3334,9 +3334,9 @@ int wl1271_free_hw(struct wl1271 *wl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wl1271_free_hw);
 
-u32 wl12xx_debug_level;
+u32 wl12xx_debug_level = DEBUG_NONE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wl12xx_debug_level);
-module_param_named(debug_level, wl12xx_debug_level, uint, DEBUG_NONE);
+module_param_named(debug_level, wl12xx_debug_level, uint, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_level, "wl12xx debugging level");
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");