diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cxd2820r_core.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cxd2820r_core.c
index cd2af3e..d4de7c3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cxd2820r_core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cxd2820r_core.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@

 #include "cxd2820r_priv.h"

+int cxd2820r_debug;
+module_param_named(debug, cxd2820r_debug, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Turn on/off frontend debugging (default:off).");
+
 /* Max transfer size done by I2C transfer functions */
 #define MAX_XFER_SIZE  64