diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
index 38868adf07ea..f6ae6830b341 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/testmmiotrace.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/mmiotrace.h>
 
 static unsigned long mmio_address;
-module_param(mmio_address, ulong, 0);
+module_param_hw(mmio_address, ulong, iomem, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mmio_address, " Start address of the mapping of 16 kB "
 				"(or 8 MB if read_far is non-zero).");