diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index 73c49362cd47..654857493a82 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 #include "hcd.h"
 #include "usb.h"
 
-#define VERBOSE_DEBUG	0
-
-#if VERBOSE_DEBUG
-#define dev_vdbg	dev_dbg
-#else
-#define dev_vdbg(dev, fmt, args...)	do { } while (0)
-#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index be2debed70d2..d9f0a57f5a2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -572,6 +572,16 @@ dev_dbg(struct device * dev, const char * fmt, ...)
 }
 #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;
+}
+#endif
+
 #define dev_err(dev, format, arg...)		\
 	dev_printk(KERN_ERR , dev , format , ## arg)
 #define dev_info(dev, format, arg...)		\