diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_core.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_core.c
index ee20fbfc45f4e9afae0cab88474c8ad6d93725b4..ca26518eafcd62f0997d9cd0918c92d60bd91139 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_core.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 #include "stv0900_priv.h"
 #include "stv0900_init.h"
 
-int debug = 1;
-module_param(debug, int, 0644);
+static int stvdebug = 1;
+module_param_named(debug, stvdebug, int, 0644);
 
 /* internal params node */
 struct stv0900_inode {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_priv.h b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_priv.h
index 28350fbeb08d81e3e2c4607340318dfac431bbca..762d5af62d7a38bab2e944428a55f69fdaa7cf01 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stv0900_priv.h
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@
 
 #define dmd_choose(a, b)	(demod = STV0900_DEMOD_2 ? b : a))
 
-extern int debug;
+static int stvdebug;
 
 #define dprintk(args...) \
 	do { \
-		if (debug) \
+		if (stvdebug) \
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG args); \
 	} while (0)