diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.c
index ec9468880c71..615bdbf7c9b7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm4x.c
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 #include "coresight-etm-perf.h"
 
 static int boot_enable;
-module_param_named(boot_enable, boot_enable, int, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(boot_enable, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(boot_enable, "Enable tracing on boot");
 
 /* The number of ETMv4 currently registered */
 static int etm4_count;