diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 94033972be..b91499410c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
 
 static int64_t alloc_clusters_noref(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t size,
                                     uint64_t max);
-static int QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                            int64_t offset, int64_t length, uint64_t addend,
-                            bool decrease, enum qcow2_discard_type type);
+
+G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+static int update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                           int64_t offset, int64_t length, uint64_t addend,
+                           bool decrease, enum qcow2_discard_type type);
 
 static uint64_t get_refcount_ro0(const void *refcount_array, uint64_t index);
 static uint64_t get_refcount_ro1(const void *refcount_array, uint64_t index);
@@ -803,12 +805,12 @@ found:
 /* XXX: cache several refcount block clusters ? */
 /* @addend is the absolute value of the addend; if @decrease is set, @addend
  * will be subtracted from the current refcount, otherwise it will be added */
-static int QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
-                                                   int64_t offset,
-                                                   int64_t length,
-                                                   uint64_t addend,
-                                                   bool decrease,
-                                                   enum qcow2_discard_type type)
+static int update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                           int64_t offset,
+                           int64_t length,
+                           uint64_t addend,
+                           bool decrease,
+                           enum qcow2_discard_type type)
 {
     BDRVQcow2State *s = bs->opaque;
     int64_t start, last, cluster_offset;
diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h
index 9c04fa94e8..19e254dbe5 100644
--- a/include/qemu-common.h
+++ b/include/qemu-common.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
 #endif
 
 ssize_t qemu_write_full(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
-    QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
+    G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 int qemu_pipe(int pipefd[2]);
diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
index f2bd050e3b..8385e477c1 100644
--- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
+++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #define QEMU_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 
-#define QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
-
 #define QEMU_SENTINEL __attribute__((sentinel))
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__))
diff --git a/include/qemu/range.h b/include/qemu/range.h
index f62b363e0d..7e2b1cc447 100644
--- a/include/qemu/range.h
+++ b/include/qemu/range.h
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ static inline uint64_t range_upb(Range *range)
  * @size may be 0. If the range would overflow, returns -ERANGE, otherwise
  * 0.
  */
-static inline int QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT range_init(Range *range, uint64_t lob,
-                                                     uint64_t size)
+G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+static inline int range_init(Range *range, uint64_t lob, uint64_t size)
 {
     if (lob + size < lob) {
         return -ERANGE;
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a07f0effb5..797738a8e8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ our $Attribute	= qr{
 			const|
 			volatile|
 			QEMU_NORETURN|
-			QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT|
+			G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT|
 			QEMU_SENTINEL|
 			QEMU_PACKED|
 			G_GNUC_PRINTF
diff --git a/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h b/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
index c2fcea8e77..9daec24d78 100644
--- a/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
+++ b/scripts/cocci-macro-file.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 /* From qemu/compiler.h */
 #define QEMU_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
-#define QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
+#define G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
 #define QEMU_SENTINEL __attribute__((sentinel))
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && (defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__i386__))