diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 3c0f68b9e44f..7fa3d91042b2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static inline void tpm_tis_iowrite32(u32 b, void __iomem *iobase, u32 addr)
 	tpm_tis_flush(iobase);
 }
 
-static int interrupts = -1;
+static int interrupts;
 module_param(interrupts, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(interrupts, "Enable interrupts");