diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index d0bb652b65b5018fbf34599cdf207a2c7b4eb09b..937cebf7663324b53a7fa773f519403a3953b87d 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/uio_driver.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_common.h>
 #include <scsi/scsi_proto.h>
@@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ static int tcmu_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 	WARN_ON(!PAGE_ALIGNED(udev->data_off));
 	WARN_ON(udev->data_size % PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	info->version = xstr(TCMU_MAILBOX_VERSION);
+	info->version = __stringify(TCMU_MAILBOX_VERSION);
 
 	info->mem[0].name = "tcm-user command & data buffer";
 	info->mem[0].addr = (phys_addr_t) udev->mb_addr;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/target_core_user.h b/include/uapi/linux/target_core_user.h
index b67f99d3c520bdc6ca6e51803eb12b1479709fdf..95c6521d8a95ffbc32327fa83b6761b9209392a7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/target_core_user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/target_core_user.h
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
 #define TCMU_MAILBOX_VERSION 2
 #define ALIGN_SIZE 64 /* Should be enough for most CPUs */
 
-/* See https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Stringification.html */
-#define xstr(s) str(s)
-#define str(s) #s
-
 struct tcmu_mailbox {
 	__u16 version;
 	__u16 flags;