diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c
index 939a3867f77c..4b21479332ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/cpu-pxa.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 static unsigned int freq_debug;
-MODULE_PARM(freq_debug, "i");
+module_param(freq_debug, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(freq_debug, "Set the debug messages to on=1/off=0");
 #else
 #define freq_debug  0