diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 4fedf5a51d965ab9cea3798ab1d2ed3c5298a10b..722e04a8240e5b0ca93d6adeafd5a7dea0f485ac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ endif
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(cflags-y)
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -D"VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y)"
-KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -D"DATAOFFSET=$(if $(dataoffset-y),$(dataoffset-y),0)"
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DVMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS=$(load-y)
+KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DDATAOFFSET=$(if $(dataoffset-y),$(dataoffset-y),0)
 
 LDFLAGS			+= -m $(ld-emul)