diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index e8df3a48196e..93ad7435fe5f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 unsigned int uvc_clock_param = CLOCK_MONOTONIC;
 unsigned int uvc_hw_timestamps_param;
-unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param;
+unsigned int uvc_no_drop_param = 1;
 static unsigned int uvc_quirks_param = -1;
 unsigned int uvc_dbg_param;
 unsigned int uvc_timeout_param = UVC_CTRL_STREAMING_TIMEOUT;