diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
index 9448eb5e426c..a76cc20d98ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ extern unsigned int		nlm_debug;
 # define RPC_IFDEBUG(x)		x
 #else
 # define ifdebug(fac)		if (0)
-# define dfprintk(fac, args...)	do ; while (0)
-# define dfprintk_rcu(fac, args...)	do ; while (0)
+# define dfprintk(fac, args...)	do {} while (0)
+# define dfprintk_rcu(fac, args...)	do {} while (0)
 # define RPC_IFDEBUG(x)
 #endif