diff --git a/net/rds/Makefile b/net/rds/Makefile
index 0e72bec1529f..56c7d27eefee 100644
--- a/net/rds/Makefile
+++ b/net/rds/Makefile
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RDS_TCP) += rds_tcp.o
 rds_tcp-y :=		tcp.o tcp_connect.o tcp_listen.o tcp_recv.o \
 			tcp_send.o tcp_stats.o
 
-ccflags-$(CONFIG_RDS_DEBUG)	:=	-DDEBUG
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_RDS_DEBUG)	:=	-DRDS_DEBUG
 
diff --git a/net/rds/rds.h b/net/rds/rds.h
index fd0bccb2f9f9..67ba67c058b1 100644
--- a/net/rds/rds.h
+++ b/net/rds/rds.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define KERNEL_HAS_ATOMIC64
 #endif
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
+#ifdef RDS_DEBUG
 #define rdsdebug(fmt, args...) pr_debug("%s(): " fmt, __func__ , ##args)
 #else
 /* sigh, pr_debug() causes unused variable warnings */