diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fd984aee5b7e..e616bd05f2e2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a4042bb0932832328650fe9fb93d9afcb6699a04
+refs/heads/master: b5be7e4c8f7bc60625302979a5c445738e3b1034
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.c b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.c
index 5fa73852cb66..b2f897acb238 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/debug.c
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
 
 #include "wifi.h"
 
+static unsigned int debug = DBG_EMERG;
+module_param(debug, uint, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Set global debug level for rtlwifi (0,2-5)");
+
 void rtl_dbgp_flag_init(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 {
 	struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = rtl_priv(hw);
 	u8 i;
 
-	rtlpriv->dbg.global_debuglevel = DBG_EMERG;
+	rtlpriv->dbg.global_debuglevel = debug;
 
 	rtlpriv->dbg.global_debugcomponents =
 	    COMP_ERR | COMP_FW | COMP_INIT | COMP_RECV | COMP_SEND |