diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/Makefile b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/Makefile
index 4549869bfe1a..86493e3dd65d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ omapdss-$(CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS_SDI) += sdi.o
 omapdss-$(CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS_DSI) += dsi.o
 omapdss-$(CONFIG_OMAP4_DSS_HDMI) += hdmi.o \
 				    hdmi_panel.o ti_hdmi_4xxx_ip.o
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS_DEBUG_SUPPORT) += -DDEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
index 6728892f9dad..ffbba7e994e9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
+++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.h
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 #ifndef __OMAP2_DSS_H
 #define __OMAP2_DSS_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OMAP2_DSS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
-#define DEBUG
-#endif
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 extern bool dss_debug;
 #ifdef DSS_SUBSYS_NAME