diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 4ed40ca..9226365 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -272,7 +272,11 @@
 			printk(KERN_INFO args);		\
 	} while(0)
 #else /* CONFIG_MTD_DEBUG */
-#define DEBUG(n, args...) do { } while(0)
+#define DEBUG(n, args...)				\
+	do {						\
+		if (0)					\
+			printk(KERN_INFO args);		\
+	} while(0)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MTD_DEBUG */