diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 82f88a8a827b4a41adc4199a38605d7dac7dd680..32110cede64fd23554f1c8c5a24233d5a63f14ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ void vmcoreinfo_append_str(const char *fmt, ...)
 	__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 unsigned long paddr_vmcoreinfo_note(void);
 
-#define VMCOREINFO_OSRELEASE(name) \
-	vmcoreinfo_append_str("OSRELEASE=%s\n", #name)
+#define VMCOREINFO_OSRELEASE(value) \
+	vmcoreinfo_append_str("OSRELEASE=%s\n", value)
 #define VMCOREINFO_PAGESIZE(value) \
 	vmcoreinfo_append_str("PAGESIZE=%ld\n", value)
 #define VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(name) \