diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
index 56942dffe2ffe4c2babfa9fbc9bcf154f8126a40..61b974ac4c13b2d89d43a87cfc23bc43d2445873 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include "iss_video.h"
 #include "iss.h"
 
+static unsigned debug;
+module_param(debug, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "activates debug info");
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Helper functions
@@ -1043,6 +1046,8 @@ static int iss_video_open(struct file *file)
 	if (handle == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	video->video.debug = debug;
+
 	v4l2_fh_init(&handle->vfh, &video->video);
 	v4l2_fh_add(&handle->vfh);