diff --git a/hv-rhel7.x/hv/netvsc_drv.c b/hv-rhel7.x/hv/netvsc_drv.c
index 1d4cfa6fd..5a0b34bf1 100644
--- a/hv-rhel7.x/hv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/hv-rhel7.x/hv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #define LINKCHANGE_INT (2 * HZ)
 #define VF_TAKEOVER_INT (HZ / 10)
 
-static unsigned int ring_size __read_only = 128;
+static unsigned int ring_size = 128;
 module_param(ring_size, uint, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ring_size, "Ring buffer size (# of pages)");
 unsigned int netvsc_ring_bytes;