diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7cdbf66e89c0..ffc94e79a8a5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c4dd0e4c6336bd17fea38bcad636eafa2941cf9f
+refs/heads/master: 52303e8b5f8aa234865d40d76ea16b0ff4b27022
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/module.h b/trunk/include/linux/module.h
index f05372b7fe77..84d75f3a8aca 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/module.h
@@ -554,7 +554,9 @@ static inline void MODULE_PARM_(void) { }
 #ifdef MODULE
 /* DEPRECATED: Do not use. */
 #define MODULE_PARM(var,type)						    \
-struct obsolete_modparm __parm_##var __attribute__((section("__obsparm"))) = \
+extern struct obsolete_modparm __parm_##var \
+__attribute__((section("__obsparm"))); \
+struct obsolete_modparm __parm_##var = \
 { __stringify(var), type, &MODULE_PARM_ }; \
 __MODULE_PARM_TYPE(var, type);
 #else