diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index 59a9adfae1eb..3f94afb02c61 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int dvb_override_tune_delay;
 static int dvb_powerdown_on_sleep = 1;
 
 module_param_named(frontend_debug, dvb_frontend_debug, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dvb_frontend_debug, "Turn on/off frontend core debugging (default:off).");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(frontend_debug, "Turn on/off frontend core debugging (default:off).");
 module_param(dvb_shutdown_timeout, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dvb_shutdown_timeout, "wait <shutdown_timeout> seconds after close() before suspending hardware");
 module_param(dvb_force_auto_inversion, int, 0444);