diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.h
index 7e94d6d399abfc0b9ebe25c21cad39bcea12ff67..24f73e719c3f48d41bfdb819d73e1b8931749ac2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.h
@@ -96,14 +96,11 @@ s32 ixgbe_write_analog_reg8_generic(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u32 reg, u8 val);
 #define IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(a) IXGBE_READ_REG(a, IXGBE_STATUS)
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
+extern char *ixgbe_get_hw_dev_name(struct ixgbe_hw *hw);
 #define hw_dbg(hw, format, arg...) \
-printk(KERN_DEBUG, "%s: " format, ixgbe_get_hw_dev_name(hw), ##arg);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: " format, ixgbe_get_hw_dev_name(hw), ##arg)
 #else
-static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)))
-hw_dbg(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, const char *format, ...)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
+#define hw_dbg(hw, format, arg...) do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
 #endif /* IXGBE_COMMON */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 79aa811c403c5c2d5dcd3bfff6939ae067ccc1e5..fd27513a92f6134f2bd3d04094755e165410d3c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4987,8 +4987,20 @@ static int ixgbe_notify_dca(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
 
 	return ret_val ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA */
+#ifdef DEBUG
+/**
+ * ixgbe_get_hw_dev_name - return device name string
+ * used by hardware layer to print debugging information
+ **/
+char *ixgbe_get_hw_dev_name(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
+{
+	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = hw->back;
+	return adapter->netdev->name;
+}
 
+#endif
 module_exit(ixgbe_exit_module);
 
 /* ixgbe_main.c */