diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.c
index d335c7d6fa0f..828526d4c289 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.c
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 #include "as102_fw.h"
 #include "dvbdev.h"
 
-int debug;
-module_param_named(debug, debug, int, 0644);
+int as102_debug;
+module_param_named(debug, as102_debug, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Turn on/off debugging (default: off)");
 
 int dual_tuner;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.h b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.h
index bcda635b5a99..fd33f5a12dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_drv.h
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ extern struct spi_driver as102_spi_driver;
 #define DRIVER_FULL_NAME "Abilis Systems as10x usb driver"
 #define DRIVER_NAME "as10x_usb"
 
-extern int debug;
+extern int as102_debug;
+#define debug	as102_debug
 
 #define dprintk(debug, args...) \
 	do { if (debug) {	\