diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
index a7a6ab9298a9..7df5e0826e12 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-alsa.c
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug,"enable debug messages [alsa]");
 
 static int index[SNDRV_CARDS] = SNDRV_DEFAULT_IDX;	/* Index 0-MAX */
 static char *id[SNDRV_CARDS] = SNDRV_DEFAULT_STR;	/* ID for this card */
-static int enable[SNDRV_CARDS] = {1, [1 ... (SNDRV_CARDS - 1)] = 0};
+static int enable[SNDRV_CARDS] = {1, [1 ... (SNDRV_CARDS - 1)] = 1};
 
 module_param_array(index, int, NULL, 0444);
+module_param_array(enable, int, NULL, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(index, "Index value for SAA7134 capture interface(s).");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable, "Enable (or not) the SAA7134 capture interface(s).");
 
 #define dprintk(fmt, arg...)    if (debug) \
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/alsa: " fmt, dev->name , ##arg)