diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
index c38f9aa8be8dc000c26124da1477759a5a20fa76..2de8446bd37553926590fd2a8f0c2a7fa4e11fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_srq_wrs, "Maximum number of SRQ WRs support");
 
 static unsigned int ib_ipath_disable_sma;
 module_param_named(disable_sma, ib_ipath_disable_sma, uint, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ib_ipath_disable_sma, "Disable the SMA");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_sma, "Disable the SMA");
 
 const int ib_ipath_state_ops[IB_QPS_ERR + 1] = {
 	[IB_QPS_RESET] = 0,