diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index db0c348..1194f5e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1567,8 +1567,6 @@
 static char *video_options[FB_MAX] __read_mostly;
 static int ofonly __read_mostly;
 
-extern const char *global_mode_option;
-
 /**
  * fb_get_options - get kernel boot parameters
  * @name:   framebuffer name as it would appear in
@@ -1636,7 +1634,7 @@
  	}
 
  	if (!global && !strstr(options, "fb:")) {
- 		global_mode_option = options;
+ 		fb_mode_option = options;
  		global = 1;
  	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/modedb.c b/drivers/video/modedb.c
index 03b06aa..42f5d76 100644
--- a/drivers/video/modedb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/modedb.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define DPRINTK(fmt, args...)
 #endif
 
-const char *global_mode_option;
+const char *fb_mode_option;
 
     /*
      *  Standard video mode definitions (taken from XFree86)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
 	default_bpp = 8;
 
     /* Did the user specify a video mode? */
-    if (mode_option || (mode_option = global_mode_option)) {
+    if (mode_option || (mode_option = fb_mode_option)) {
 	const char *name = mode_option;
 	unsigned int namelen = strlen(name);
 	int res_specified = 0, bpp_specified = 0, refresh_specified = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 6729272..58c57a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@
 	u32 flag;
 };
 
+extern const char *fb_mode_option;
 extern const struct fb_videomode vesa_modes[];
 
 struct fb_modelist {