diff --git a/kernel/trace/events.c b/kernel/trace/events.c
index f2509cb..9fc918d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/events.c
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
  * This is the place to register all trace points as events.
  */
 
-/* someday this needs to go in a generic header */
-#define __STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) __STR(x)
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 
 #include <trace/trace_events.h>
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
index 557ca52..41b82b93 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))						\
 __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
 	.name 			= #call,				\
-	.system			= STR(TRACE_SYSTEM),			\
+	.system			= __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),		\
 	.regfunc		= ftrace_reg_event_##call,		\
 	.unregfunc		= ftrace_unreg_event_##call,		\
 }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))						\
 __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
 	.name 			= #call,				\
-	.system			= STR(TRACE_SYSTEM),			\
+	.system			= __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),		\
 	.regfunc		= ftrace_reg_event_##call,		\
 	.unregfunc		= ftrace_unreg_event_##call,		\
 	.raw_init		= ftrace_raw_init_event_##call,		\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 7238646..f907a2b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* Include in trace.c */
 
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
@@ -100,9 +101,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
-#define __STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) __STR(x)
-
 /* Test dynamic code modification and ftrace filters */
 int trace_selftest_startup_dynamic_tracing(struct tracer *trace,
 					   struct trace_array *tr,
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@
 	 * start of the function names. We simply put a '*' to
 	 * accommodate them.
 	 */
-	func_name = "*" STR(DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME);
+	func_name = "*" __stringify(DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME);
 
 	/* filter only on our function */
 	ftrace_set_filter(func_name, strlen(func_name), 1);