diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
index 333b983b04ab8e7c0a41628642e5924e54105dfd..60a5c9a2f69ad739257e9e32bed3e77383572bf2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/stb0899_drv.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "stb0899_priv.h"
 #include "stb0899_reg.h"
 
-static unsigned int verbose = 5;
+static unsigned int verbose = 1;
 module_param(verbose, int, 0644);
 
 /* C/N in dB/10, NIRM/NIRL */