diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 158841bb88d2..6bac47f48222 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af8e2a4cb9b3e14b919ae1cd4012825aefddbeb0
+refs/heads/master: 4ed99a27d161ce6f1eb6657c5cd5e6aef365c665
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/i8k.c b/trunk/drivers/char/i8k.c
index f49037b744f9..b60d425ce8d1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/i8k.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/i8k.c
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ static int power_status;
 module_param(power_status, bool, 0600);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(power_status, "Report power status in /proc/i8k");
 
+static int fan_mult = I8K_FAN_MULT;
+module_param(fan_mult, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(fan_mult, "Factor to multiply fan speed with");
+
 static int i8k_open_fs(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static int i8k_ioctl(struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
 		     unsigned long);
@@ -239,7 +243,7 @@ static int i8k_get_fan_speed(int fan)
 	struct smm_regs regs = { .eax = I8K_SMM_GET_SPEED, };
 
 	regs.ebx = fan & 0xff;
-	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : (regs.eax & 0xffff) * I8K_FAN_MULT;
+	return i8k_smm(&regs) ? : (regs.eax & 0xffff) * fan_mult;
 }
 
 /*