diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c b/drivers/media/usb/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
index c843070f24c13247f6de3c8a0c866895b815e178..f9ed9c950247d84e38287ea1263b3e366826b47c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/pulse8-cec/pulse8-cec.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Pulse Eight HDMI CEC driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 static int debug;
-static int persistent_config = 1;
+static int persistent_config;
 module_param(debug, int, 0644);
 module_param(persistent_config, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug level (0-1)");