diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
index 40db8f71deaef4eb19c10a09e4f01d51078d3c8d..2df313b6a586c82b6e1dec743d174b0ddd190a9e 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/common-offsets.h
@@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ DEFINE(UM_KERN_PAGE_MASK, PAGE_MASK);
 DEFINE(UM_KERN_PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SHIFT);
 DEFINE(UM_NSEC_PER_SEC, NSEC_PER_SEC);
 
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_EMERG, KERN_EMERG);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_ALERT, KERN_ALERT);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_CRIT, KERN_CRIT);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_ERR, KERN_ERR);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_WARNING, KERN_WARNING);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_NOTICE, KERN_NOTICE);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_INFO, KERN_INFO);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_DEBUG, KERN_DEBUG);
-DEFINE_STR(UM_KERN_CONT, KERN_CONT);
-
 DEFINE(UM_ELF_CLASS, ELF_CLASS);
 DEFINE(UM_ELFCLASS32, ELFCLASS32);
 DEFINE(UM_ELFCLASS64, ELFCLASS64);
diff --git a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
index 4fa82c055aab8d53576b06787aa1033644a16697..cef0685633369c05b6020f6071ae1a2ff094173a 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/shared/user.h
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
 extern void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 
+/* Requires preincluding include/linux/kern_levels.h */
+#define UM_KERN_EMERG	KERN_EMERG
+#define UM_KERN_ALERT	KERN_ALERT
+#define UM_KERN_CRIT	KERN_CRIT
+#define UM_KERN_ERR	KERN_ERR
+#define UM_KERN_WARNING	KERN_WARNING
+#define UM_KERN_NOTICE	KERN_NOTICE
+#define UM_KERN_INFO	KERN_INFO
+#define UM_KERN_DEBUG	KERN_DEBUG
+#define UM_KERN_CONT	KERN_CONT
+
 #ifdef UML_CONFIG_PRINTK
 extern int printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
diff --git a/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules b/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules
index d50270d26b427ace5d5f7c8777094298859a54c3..15889df9b4663771ccddc00f7e0275645ceceb0f 100644
--- a/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules
+++ b/arch/um/scripts/Makefile.rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ USER_OBJS += $(filter %_user.o,$(obj-y) $(obj-m)  $(USER_SINGLE_OBJS))
 USER_OBJS := $(foreach file,$(USER_OBJS),$(obj)/$(file))
 
 $(USER_OBJS:.o=.%): \
-	c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(USER_CFLAGS) -include user.h $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
+	c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(USER_CFLAGS) -include $(srctree)/include/linux/kern_levels.h -include user.h $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o)
 
 # These are like USER_OBJS but filter USER_CFLAGS through unprofile instead of
 # using it directly.
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h
index 5868526b5eefa3017b784ad1a48c45b6be7ceacf..46a9df99f3c5c952601d7f153adf6bf8c1e3e937 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h
+++ b/arch/x86/um/shared/sysdep/kernel-offsets.h
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 #define DEFINE(sym, val) \
 	asm volatile("\n->" #sym " %0 " #val : : "i" (val))
 
-#define STR(x) #x
-#define DEFINE_STR(sym, val) asm volatile("\n->" #sym " " STR(val) " " #val: : )
-
 #define BLANK() asm volatile("\n->" : : )
 
 #define OFFSET(sym, str, mem) \