diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 57bf43e34863ec09c9c15217f7f02fa97711a75f..a0a7e4ff255c377f8c959ce4b1352dc2c98cebdf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
 #include "scsi_logging.h"
 
 
+static int shost_eh_deadline = -1;
+
+module_param_named(eh_deadline, shost_eh_deadline, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(eh_deadline,
+		 "SCSI EH timeout in seconds (should be between 0 and 2^31-1)");
+
 static DEFINE_IDA(host_index_ida);
 
 
@@ -358,12 +364,6 @@ static void scsi_host_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(shost);
 }
 
-static int shost_eh_deadline = -1;
-
-module_param_named(eh_deadline, shost_eh_deadline, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(eh_deadline,
-		 "SCSI EH timeout in seconds (should be between 0 and 2^31-1)");
-
 static struct device_type scsi_host_type = {
 	.name =		"scsi_host",
 	.release =	scsi_host_dev_release,