diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 3fd291503576..293fa0677fba 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -919,6 +919,13 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
 #define swap(a, b) \
 	do { typeof(a) __tmp = (a); (a) = (b); (b) = __tmp; } while (0)
 
+/* This counts to 12. Any more, it will return 13th argument. */
+#define __COUNT_ARGS(_0, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, _9, _10, _11, _12, _n, X...) _n
+#define COUNT_ARGS(X...) __COUNT_ARGS(, ##X, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
+
+#define __CONCAT(a, b) a ## b
+#define CONCATENATE(a, b) __CONCAT(a, b)
+
 /**
  * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
  * @ptr:	the pointer to the member.
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/path.h b/security/apparmor/include/path.h
index 05fb3305671e..e042b994f2b8 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/path.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/path.h
@@ -43,15 +43,10 @@ struct aa_buffers {
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct aa_buffers, aa_buffers);
 
-#define COUNT_ARGS(X...) COUNT_ARGS_HELPER(, ##X, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
-#define COUNT_ARGS_HELPER(_0, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, _9, n, X...) n
-#define CONCAT(X, Y) X ## Y
-#define CONCAT_AFTER(X, Y) CONCAT(X, Y)
-
 #define ASSIGN(FN, X, N) ((X) = FN(N))
 #define EVAL1(FN, X) ASSIGN(FN, X, 0) /*X = FN(0)*/
 #define EVAL2(FN, X, Y...) do { ASSIGN(FN, X, 1);  EVAL1(FN, Y); } while (0)
-#define EVAL(FN, X...) CONCAT_AFTER(EVAL, COUNT_ARGS(X))(FN, X)
+#define EVAL(FN, X...) CONCATENATE(EVAL, COUNT_ARGS(X))(FN, X)
 
 #define for_each_cpu_buffer(I) for ((I) = 0; (I) < MAX_PATH_BUFFERS; (I)++)