diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 70fdba2bbf7160788c5876462500d553da8bf710..580b6004d00eb0b34d0681175a85dce489b12574 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);
 /*
  *	Display a 6 byte device address (MAC) in a readable format.
  */
-extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr) __deprecated;
 #define MAC_FMT "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x"
 #define MAC_BUF_SIZE	18
-#define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE] __maybe_unused
+#define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE]
 
 #endif