diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/smsc-ircc2.c b/drivers/net/irda/smsc-ircc2.c
index 2803b370ba01012989b90a787f5ad77829c91343..36ab98386be0a7d08bdc9e0de2f5a780014d7b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/irda/smsc-ircc2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/irda/smsc-ircc2.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniele Peri <peri@csai.unipa.it>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SMC IrCC SIR/FIR controller driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static int smsc_nopnp;
+static int smsc_nopnp = 1;
 module_param_named(nopnp, smsc_nopnp, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nopnp, "Do not use PNP to detect controller settings");