diff --git a/include/linux/stddef.h b/include/linux/stddef.h
index 6a40c76bdcf1a7732d71675d888e722aa0dc578c..1747b6787b9e90375827a9af75148bf420caf386 100644
--- a/include/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/include/linux/stddef.h
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
 #undef NULL
-#if defined(__cplusplus)
-#define NULL 0
-#else
 #define NULL ((void *)0)
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 enum {
 	false	= 0,