diff --git a/include/acpi/acoutput.h b/include/acpi/acoutput.h
index a8f344363e77..f56de8c5d844 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acoutput.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acoutput.h
@@ -294,8 +294,12 @@
 
 /* DEBUG_PRINT functions */
 
-#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT(plist)         ACPI_ACTUAL_DEBUG plist
-#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW(plist)     ACPI_ACTUAL_DEBUG_RAW plist
+#ifndef COMPILER_VA_MACRO
+
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT(plist)         acpi_debug_print plist
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW(plist)     acpi_debug_print_raw plist
+
+#else
 
 /* Helper macros for DEBUG_PRINT */
 
@@ -315,6 +319,11 @@
 	ACPI_DO_DEBUG_PRINT (acpi_debug_print_raw, level, line, \
 		filename, modulename, component, __VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT(plist)         ACPI_ACTUAL_DEBUG plist
+#define ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT_RAW(plist)     ACPI_ACTUAL_DEBUG_RAW plist
+
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Function entry tracing
  *
diff --git a/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h b/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
index f54de0a63558..5457a06cb528 100644
--- a/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
+++ b/include/acpi/platform/acgcc.h
@@ -75,4 +75,8 @@
 #undef strchr
 #endif
 
+/* GCC supports __VA_ARGS__ in macros */
+
+#define COMPILER_VA_MACRO               1
+
 #endif				/* __ACGCC_H__ */