diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 10bef8f78e7c..b1e2d4360383 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ arch_initcall(debugfs_mips);
 /* User defined DMA coherency from command line. */
 enum coherent_io_user_state coherentio = IO_COHERENCE_DEFAULT;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coherentio);
-int hw_coherentio = 0;	/* Actual hardware supported DMA coherency setting. */
+int hw_coherentio;	/* Actual hardware supported DMA coherency setting. */
 
 static int __init setcoherentio(char *str)
 {