diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
index 7b76fd3..45cc3d9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 {
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s(): ", function);
-		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s() returns ", (unsigned long)fn);
+		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s returns ", fn);
 		printk("%d\n", ret);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
index f2d9c77..dabb563 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
@@ -1503,8 +1503,7 @@
  		    (f->device == dev->device || f->device == (u16) PCI_ANY_ID)) {
 #ifdef DEBUG
 			dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "calling ");
-			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s()\n",
-				(unsigned long) f->hook);
+			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s\n", f->hook);
 #endif
 			f->hook(dev);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/quirks.c b/drivers/pnp/quirks.c
index ffdb12a..e2b7de4 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/quirks.c
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@
 			continue;
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s: calling ", f->id);
-		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s\n",
-				(unsigned long) f->quirk_function);
+		print_fn_descriptor_symbol("%s\n", f->quirk_function);
 #endif
 		f->quirk_function(dev);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/kallsyms.h b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
index 82de2fb..00c1801 100644
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
+++ b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -83,16 +83,6 @@
 static inline void __check_printsym_format(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 }
-/* ia64 and ppc64 use function descriptors, which contain the real address */
-#if defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
-#define print_fn_descriptor_symbol(fmt, addr)		\
-do {						\
-	unsigned long *__faddr = (unsigned long*) addr;		\
-	print_symbol(fmt, __faddr[0]);		\
-} while (0)
-#else
-#define print_fn_descriptor_symbol(fmt, addr) print_symbol(fmt, addr)
-#endif
 
 static inline void print_symbol(const char *fmt, unsigned long addr)
 {
@@ -101,6 +91,20 @@
 		       __builtin_extract_return_addr((void *)addr));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Pretty-print a function pointer.
+ *
+ * ia64 and ppc64 function pointers are really function descriptors,
+ * which contain a pointer the real address.
+ */
+static inline void print_fn_descriptor_symbol(const char *fmt, void *addr)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_IA64) || defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+	addr = *(void **)addr;
+#endif
+	print_symbol(fmt, (unsigned long)addr);
+}
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
 #define print_ip_sym(ip)		\
 do {					\
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index f406fef..c622151 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@
 		int result;
 
 		if (initcall_debug) {
-			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("calling  %s()\n",
-					(unsigned long) *call);
+			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("calling  %s\n", *call);
 			t0 = ktime_get();
 		}
 
@@ -717,8 +716,7 @@
 			t1 = ktime_get();
 			delta = ktime_sub(t1, t0);
 
-			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("initcall %s()",
-					(unsigned long) *call);
+			print_fn_descriptor_symbol("initcall %s", *call);
 			printk(" returned %d after %Ld msecs\n", result,
 				(unsigned long long) delta.tv64 >> 20);
 		}
@@ -737,8 +735,7 @@
 			local_irq_enable();
 		}
 		if (msgbuf[0]) {
-			print_fn_descriptor_symbol(KERN_WARNING "initcall %s()",
-					(unsigned long) *call);
+			print_fn_descriptor_symbol(KERN_WARNING "initcall %s", *call);
 			printk(" returned with %s\n", msgbuf);
 		}
 	}