diff --git a/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.h b/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.h
index 8ebf96f8a242..063d44718d8d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/usb.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap_main.c b/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap_main.c
index acc1f56e6f29..22cf02b9e9d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/easycap/easycap_main.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "easycap_standard.h"
 #include "easycap_ioctl.h"
 
-static int easycap_debug;
+int easycap_debug;
 static int easycap_bars;
 int easycap_gain = 16;
 module_param_named(debug, easycap_debug, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);