diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 5e929f0..6bddce4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@
 	if (set_blocksize(btp->bt_bdev, sectorsize)) {
 		xfs_warn(btp->bt_mount,
 			"Cannot set_blocksize to %u on device %s\n",
-			sectorsize, XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(btp));
+			sectorsize, xfs_buf_target_name(btp));
 		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index 4b30499..620972b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -228,8 +228,13 @@
 extern int xfs_buf_init(void);
 extern void xfs_buf_terminate(void);
 
-#define xfs_buf_target_name(target)	\
-	({ char __b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; bdevname((target)->bt_bdev, __b); __b; })
+static inline const char *
+xfs_buf_target_name(struct xfs_buftarg *target)
+{
+	static char __b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+
+	return bdevname(target->bt_bdev, __b);
+}
 
 
 #define XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp) \
@@ -292,8 +297,6 @@
 
 #define XFS_BUF_FINISH_IOWAIT(bp)	complete(&bp->b_iowait);
 
-#define XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(target)	xfs_buf_target_name(target)
-
 static inline void xfs_buf_relse(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 {
 	xfs_buf_unlock(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 5c2b554..0402173 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
 	    time_after(jiffies, (lasttime + 5*HZ))) {
 		lasttime = jiffies;
 		xfs_alert(mp, "Device %s: metadata write error block 0x%llx",
-			XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(bp->b_target),
+			xfs_buf_target_name(bp->b_target),
 		      (__uint64_t)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
 	}
 	lasttarg = bp->b_target;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 7382bfe..c96a8a0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 	xfs_alert(mp,
 		 "I/O error occurred: meta-data dev %s block 0x%llx"
 		 "       (\"%s\") error %d buf count %zd",
-		XFS_BUFTARG_NAME(bp->b_target),
+		xfs_buf_target_name(bp->b_target),
 		(__uint64_t)blkno, func,
 		bp->b_error, XFS_BUF_COUNT(bp));
 }