diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index fdf42822b962..ef7bbe416614 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -55,17 +55,40 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("http://www.comedi.org");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Comedi core module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+#define DEFAULT_BUF_MAXSIZE_KB 64
+#define DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE_KB 64
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMEDI_DEBUG
 int comedi_debug;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(comedi_debug);
-module_param(comedi_debug, int, 0644);
+module_param(comedi_debug, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(comedi_debug,
+		 "enable comedi core and driver debugging if non-zero (default 0)"
+		);
 #endif
 
 bool comedi_autoconfig = 1;
-module_param(comedi_autoconfig, bool, 0444);
+module_param(comedi_autoconfig, bool, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(comedi_autoconfig,
+		 "enable drivers to auto-configure comedi devices (default 1)");
 
 static int comedi_num_legacy_minors;
-module_param(comedi_num_legacy_minors, int, 0444);
+module_param(comedi_num_legacy_minors, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(comedi_num_legacy_minors,
+		 "number of comedi minor devices to reserve for non-auto-configured devices (default 0)"
+		);
+
+unsigned int comedi_default_buf_size_kb = DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE_KB;
+module_param(comedi_default_buf_size_kb, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(comedi_default_buf_size_kb,
+		 "default asynchronous buffer size in KiB (default "
+		 __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE_KB) ")");
+
+unsigned int comedi_default_buf_maxsize_kb = DEFAULT_BUF_MAXSIZE_KB;
+module_param(comedi_default_buf_maxsize_kb, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(comedi_default_buf_maxsize_kb,
+		 "default maximum size of asynchronous buffer in KiB (default "
+		 __MODULE_STRING(DEFAULT_BUF_MAXSIZE_KB) ")");
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(comedi_file_info_table_lock);
 static struct comedi_device_file_info
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
index 872b598b7939..49681a1a6fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers.c
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ static int postconfig(struct comedi_device *dev)
 			s->len_chanlist = 1;
 
 		if (s->do_cmd) {
+			unsigned int buf_size;
+
 			BUG_ON((s->subdev_flags & (SDF_CMD_READ |
 						   SDF_CMD_WRITE)) == 0);
 			BUG_ON(!s->do_cmdtest);
@@ -254,19 +256,20 @@ static int postconfig(struct comedi_device *dev)
 			async->subdevice = s;
 			s->async = async;
 
-#define DEFAULT_BUF_MAXSIZE (64*1024)
-#define DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE (64*1024)
-
-			async->max_bufsize = DEFAULT_BUF_MAXSIZE;
+			async->max_bufsize =
+				comedi_default_buf_maxsize_kb * 1024;
+			buf_size = comedi_default_buf_size_kb * 1024;
+			if (buf_size > async->max_bufsize)
+				buf_size = async->max_bufsize;
 
 			async->prealloc_buf = NULL;
 			async->prealloc_bufsz = 0;
-			if (comedi_buf_alloc(dev, s, DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE) < 0) {
+			if (comedi_buf_alloc(dev, s, buf_size) < 0) {
 				printk(KERN_INFO "Buffer allocation failed\n");
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 			if (s->buf_change) {
-				ret = s->buf_change(dev, s, DEFAULT_BUF_SIZE);
+				ret = s->buf_change(dev, s, buf_size);
 				if (ret < 0)
 					return ret;
 			}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h
index 4208fb4cf0ff..7ed20a04eef5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/internal.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * various internal comedi functions
+ * various internal comedi stuff
  */
 int do_rangeinfo_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		       struct comedi_rangeinfo __user *arg);
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ int comedi_find_board_minor(struct device *hardware_device);
 void comedi_reset_async_buf(struct comedi_async *async);
 int comedi_buf_alloc(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_subdevice *s,
 		     unsigned long new_size);
+
+extern unsigned int comedi_default_buf_size_kb;
+extern unsigned int comedi_default_buf_maxsize_kb;