diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcidio.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcidio.c
index 8dd3a01d48ddd3ae113a0d037267a8643ce16338..045a4c00f3462c5d3266eb88e4fa206bfdb6b72b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcidio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_pcidio.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static void ni_pcidio_print_status(unsigned int flags)
 static void debug_int(struct comedi_device *dev)
 {
 	int a, b;
-	static int n_int = 0;
+	static int n_int;
 	struct timeval tv;
 
 	do_gettimeofday(&tv);