diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
index b00db40..7f02e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@
 
 		fbnum = simple_strtoul(p, &p, 10);
 
-		if (p == param)
+		if (p == start)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (*p != ':')