diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
index 400bb131fb976da47ce4b766231c6d4815290385..4ef30ac5e0493f5ddb4864fbd86fc63692a767db 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
    allocations > PAGE_SIZE and the number of packets in a page
    is an integer 512 is the largest possible packet on EHCI */
 
-static bool debug;
 static bool nmea;
 
 /* Used in interface blacklisting */
@@ -765,7 +764,6 @@ static struct urb *sierra_setup_urb(struct usb_serial *serial, int endpoint,
 			usb_sndbulkpipe(serial->dev, endpoint) | dir,
 			buf, len, callback, ctx);
 
-		/* debug */
 		dev_dbg(&serial->dev->dev, "%s %c u : %p d:%p\n", __func__,
 				dir == USB_DIR_IN ? 'i' : 'o', urb, buf);
 	} else {
@@ -1082,6 +1080,3 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 module_param(nmea, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nmea, "NMEA streaming");
-
-module_param(debug, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug messages");