diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
index 9d19b9a62011..315a4be8dc1e 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.c
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 #include "tsi721.h"
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-u32 dbg_level;
-module_param(dbg_level, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
+u32 tsi_dbg_level;
+module_param_named(dbg_level, tsi_dbg_level, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dbg_level, "Debugging output level (default 0 = none)");
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
index 5941437cbdd1..957eadc58150 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/tsi721.h
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-extern u32 dbg_level;
+extern u32 tsi_dbg_level;
 
 #define tsi_debug(level, dev, fmt, arg...)				\
 	do {								\
-		if (DBG_##level & dbg_level)				\
+		if (DBG_##level & tsi_dbg_level)				\
 			dev_dbg(dev, "%s: " fmt "\n", __func__, ##arg);	\
 	} while (0)
 #else