diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c1b9aa8c5a52..e332e718cad6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			the allocated input device; If set to 0, video driver
 			will only send out the event without touching backlight
 			brightness level.
-			default: 0
+			default: 1
 
 	virtio_mmio.device=
 			[VMMIO] Memory mapped virtio (platform) device.
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index 071c1dfb93f3..29649c194886 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Bruno Ducrot");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Video Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static bool brightness_switch_enabled;
+static bool brightness_switch_enabled = 1;
 module_param(brightness_switch_enabled, bool, 0644);
 
 /*