diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index 448f00dd68f..e00f7918d26 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static char *initmac;
 /* if wifi_test = 1, driver will disable the turbo mode and pass it to
  * firmware private.
  */
-static int wifi_test = 0;
+static int wifi_test;
 
 module_param_string(ifname, ifname, sizeof(ifname), S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 module_param(wifi_test, int, 0644);