diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
index 76304345bca519e707e684936139521d44888b8d..7ec6610841bab68435cdba151ab2102ef15e1c53 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_module.c
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void free_ieee80211(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static int debug = 0;
 u32 ieee80211_debug_level = 0;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_debug_level);
 static struct proc_dir_entry *ieee80211_proc = NULL;
 
 static int show_debug_level(char *page, char **start, off_t offset,