diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
index b0fc344..4d12fe4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_debug.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #define CIFS_RC		0x02
 #define CIFS_TIMER	0x04
 
+extern int cifsFYI;
+extern int cifsERROR;
+
 /*
  *	debug ON
  *	--------
@@ -44,36 +47,33 @@
 #ifdef CIFS_DEBUG
 
 /* information message: e.g., configuration, major event */
-extern int cifsFYI;
-#define cifsfyi(fmt, arg...)						\
+#define cifsfyi(fmt, ...)						\
 do {									\
 	if (cifsFYI & CIFS_INFO)					\
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " fmt "\n", __FILE__, ##arg);	\
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " fmt "\n",			\
+		       __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
 } while (0)
 
-#define cFYI(set, fmt, arg...)			\
-do {						\
-	if (set)				\
-		cifsfyi(fmt, ##arg);		\
+#define cFYI(set, fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (set)							\
+		cifsfyi(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
 } while (0)
 
-#define cifswarn(fmt, arg...)			\
-	printk(KERN_WARNING fmt "\n", ##arg)
-
-/* debug event message: */
-extern int cifsERROR;
+#define cifswarn(fmt, ...)						\
+	printk(KERN_WARNING fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /* error event message: e.g., i/o error */
-#define cifserror(fmt, arg...)					\
-do {								\
-	if (cifsERROR)						\
-		printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS VFS: " fmt "\n", ##arg);	\
+#define cifserror(fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (cifsERROR)							\
+		printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS VFS: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
 } while (0)
 
-#define cERROR(set, fmt, arg...)		\
-do {						\
-	if (set)				\
-		cifserror(fmt, ##arg);		\
+#define cERROR(set, fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (set)							\
+		cifserror(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
 } while (0)
 
 /*
@@ -81,9 +81,27 @@
  *	---------
  */
 #else		/* _CIFS_DEBUG */
-#define cERROR(set, fmt, arg...)
-#define cFYI(set, fmt, arg...)
-#define cifserror(fmt, arg...)
+#define cifsfyi(fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (0)								\
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " fmt "\n",			\
+		       __FILE__, ##__VA_ARGS__);			\
+} while (0)
+#define cFYI(set, fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (0 && set)							\
+		cifsfyi(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
+} while (0)
+#define cifserror(fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (0)								\
+		printk(KERN_ERR "CIFS VFS: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+} while (0)
+#define cERROR(set, fmt, ...)						\
+do {									\
+	if (0 && set)							\
+		cifserror(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);				\
+} while (0)
 #endif		/* _CIFS_DEBUG */
 
 #endif				/* _H_CIFS_DEBUG */