diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
index c073b81a1f3e..62b5828acde0 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "tfrc.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_TFRC_DEBUG
-static bool tfrc_debug;
+bool tfrc_debug;
 module_param(tfrc_debug, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(tfrc_debug, "Enable TFRC debug messages");
 #endif
diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
index a3d8f7c76ae0..40ee7d62b652 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "packet_history.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_TFRC_DEBUG
+extern bool tfrc_debug;
 #define tfrc_pr_debug(format, a...)	DCCP_PR_DEBUG(tfrc_debug, format, ##a)
 #else
 #define tfrc_pr_debug(format, a...)