2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
index 25ae88ebdfac..84f44269de47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/debug.c
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #define REG_READ_D(_ah, _reg) \
         ath9k_hw_common(_ah)->ops->read((_ah), (_reg))
 
-static unsigned int ath9k_debug = ATH_DBG_DEFAULT;
-module_param_named(debug, ath9k_debug, uint, 0);
-
 static struct dentry *ath9k_debugfs_root;
 
 static int ath9k_debugfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -565,8 +562,6 @@ int ath9k_init_debug(struct ath_hw *ah)
         struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
         struct ath_softc *sc = (struct ath_softc *) common->priv;
 
-        common->debug_mask = ath9k_debug;
-
         if (!ath9k_debugfs_root)
                 return -ENOENT;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 86374ad9313c..7f90cb872a69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ static int modparam_nohwcrypt;
 module_param_named(nohwcrypt, modparam_nohwcrypt, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nohwcrypt, "Disable hardware encryption");
 
+static unsigned int ath9k_debug = ATH_DBG_DEFAULT;
+module_param_named(debug, ath9k_debug, uint, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ath9k_debug, "Debugging mask");
+
 /* We use the hw_value as an index into our private channel structure */
 
 #define CHAN2G(_freq, _idx)  { \
@@ -1637,6 +1641,7 @@ static int ath_init_softc(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc, u16 subsysid,
         common->ah = ah;
         common->hw = sc->hw;
         common->priv = sc;
+        common->debug_mask = ath9k_debug;
 
         /*
          * Cache line size is used to size and align various