3 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index db0c34863849..1194f5e060ea 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1567,8 +1567,6 @@ int fb_new_modelist(struct fb_info *info)
 static char *video_options[FB_MAX] __read_mostly;
 static int ofonly __read_mostly;
 
-extern const char *global_mode_option;
-
 /**
  * fb_get_options - get kernel boot parameters
  * @name:   framebuffer name as it would appear in
@@ -1636,7 +1634,7 @@ static int __init video_setup(char *options)
         }
 
         if (!global && !strstr(options, "fb:")) {
-                global_mode_option = options;
+                fb_mode_option = options;
                 global = 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/modedb.c b/drivers/video/modedb.c
index 03b06aa2475f..42f5d76a8777 100644
--- a/drivers/video/modedb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/modedb.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define DPRINTK(fmt, args...)
 #endif
 
-const char *global_mode_option;
+const char *fb_mode_option;
 
     /*
      *  Standard video mode definitions (taken from XFree86)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ int fb_find_mode(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var,
         default_bpp = 8;
 
     /* Did the user specify a video mode? */
-    if (mode_option || (mode_option = global_mode_option)) {
+    if (mode_option || (mode_option = fb_mode_option)) {
         const char *name = mode_option;
         unsigned int namelen = strlen(name);
         int res_specified = 0, bpp_specified = 0, refresh_specified = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 672927209255..58c57a33e5dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ struct fb_videomode {
         u32 flag;
 };
 
+extern const char *fb_mode_option;
 extern const struct fb_videomode vesa_modes[];
 
 struct fb_modelist {