diff --git a/drivers/pnp/core.c b/drivers/pnp/core.c
index 88b3cde525968a2f6ee5e3b9be37e3177125a52f..9801918b2726ee4c7c320e0aac927c27700f34a9 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/core.c
@@ -218,10 +218,5 @@ subsys_initcall(pnp_init);
 int pnp_debug;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES)
-static int __init pnp_debug_setup(char *__unused)
-{
-	pnp_debug = 1;
-	return 1;
-}
-__setup("pnp.debug", pnp_debug_setup);
+module_param_named(debug, pnp_debug, int, 0644);
 #endif