diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-alsa.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-alsa.c
index 3aa6856ead3b2f13f71db61ee9ea329808c01be4..d2de1a913e1978343937682689f2096320169f41 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-alsa.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-alsa.c
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@
 #include "cx88.h"
 #include "cx88-reg.h"
 
-#define dprintk(level,fmt, arg...)	if (debug >= level) \
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%s/1: " fmt, chip->core->name , ## arg)
-
-#define dprintk_core(level,fmt, arg...)	if (debug >= level) \
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/1: " fmt, chip->core->name , ## arg)
+#define dprintk(level, fmt, arg...) do {				\
+	if (debug + 1 > level)						\
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s/1: " fmt, chip->core->name , ## arg);\
+} while(0)
+
+#define dprintk_core(level, fmt, arg...) do {				\
+	if (debug + 1 > level)						\
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/1: " fmt, chip->core->name , ## arg);\
+} while(0)
 
 /****************************************************************************
 	Data type declarations - Can be moded to a header file later
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
index 62184eb919e5d7563ab0c8d4a9c286c45131c92b..a6ff8a6f4fc09f90e1ffce5027839e575d41515a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-blackbird.c
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ static unsigned int debug;
 module_param(debug,int,0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug,"enable debug messages [blackbird]");
 
-#define dprintk(level,fmt, arg...)	if (debug >= level) \
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-bb: " fmt, dev->core->name , ## arg)
-
+#define dprintk(level, fmt, arg...) do {				      \
+	if (debug + 1 > level)						      \
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-bb: " fmt, dev->core->name , ## arg); \
+} while(0)
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
index 1b7e979b87d336df5c92aeaccbb2d73c132ca643..d46b008a46b86f4d2e2684cba33b650d2b12ff44 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ static unsigned int debug;
 module_param(debug,int,0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug,"enable debug messages [mpeg]");
 
-#define dprintk(level,fmt, arg...)	if (debug >= level) \
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-mpeg: " fmt, dev->core->name, ## arg)
-
-#define mpeg_dbg(level,fmt, arg...)	if (debug >= level) \
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-mpeg: " fmt, core->name, ## arg)
+#define dprintk(level, fmt, arg...) do {				       \
+	if (debug + 1 > level)						       \
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-mpeg: " fmt, dev->core->name, ## arg); \
+} while(0)
+
+#define mpeg_dbg(level, fmt, arg...) do {				  \
+	if (debug + 1 > level)						  \
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s/2-mpeg: " fmt, core->name, ## arg); \
+} while(0)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(MODULE)
 static void request_module_async(struct work_struct *work)