diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 2258d89bf523..d57661129cb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -608,21 +608,16 @@ extern const char *dev_driver_string(struct device *dev);
 #define dev_dbg(dev, format, arg...)		\
 	dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG , dev , format , ## arg)
 #else
-static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
-dev_dbg(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+#define dev_dbg(dev, format, arg...)		\
+	({ if (0) dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, dev, format, ##arg); 0; })
 #endif
 
 #ifdef VERBOSE_DEBUG
 #define dev_vdbg	dev_dbg
 #else
-static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
-dev_vdbg(struct device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+
+#define dev_vdbg(dev, format, arg...)		\
+	({ if (0) dev_printk(KERN_DEBUG, dev, format, ##arg); 0; })
 #endif
 
 /* Create alias, so I can be autoloaded. */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 2df44e773270..cd6d02cf854d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -293,10 +293,8 @@ extern void print_hex_dump_bytes(const char *prefix_str, int prefix_type,
 #define pr_debug(fmt, arg...) \
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, ##arg)
 #else
-static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))) pr_debug(const char * fmt, ...)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+#define pr_debug(fmt, arg...) \
+	({ if (0) printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, ##arg); 0; })
 #endif
 
 /*