diff --git a/include/sound/core.h b/include/sound/core.h
index 93896ad..7cede2d 100644
--- a/include/sound/core.h
+++ b/include/sound/core.h
@@ -394,8 +394,11 @@
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_SND_DEBUG */
 
-#define snd_printd(fmt, args...)	do { } while (0)
-#define _snd_printd(level, fmt, args...) do { } while (0)
+__printf(1, 2)
+static inline void snd_printd(const char *format, ...) {}
+__printf(2, 3)
+static inline void _snd_printd(int level, const char *format, ...) {}
+
 #define snd_BUG()			do { } while (0)
 static inline int __snd_bug_on(int cond)
 {
@@ -416,7 +419,8 @@
 #define snd_printdd(format, args...) \
 	__snd_printk(2, __FILE__, __LINE__, format, ##args)
 #else
-#define snd_printdd(format, args...)	do { } while (0)
+__printf(1, 2)
+static inline void snd_printdd(const char *format, ...) {}
 #endif
 
 
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@
 #define SND_PCI_QUIRK_MASK(vend, mask, dev, xname, val)			\
 	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID_MASK(vend, mask, dev),			\
 			.value = (val), .name = (xname)}
+#define snd_pci_quirk_name(q)	((q)->name)
 #else
 #define SND_PCI_QUIRK(vend,dev,xname,val) \
 	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID(vend, dev), .value = (val)}
@@ -461,6 +466,7 @@
 	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID_MASK(vend, mask, dev), .value = (val)}
 #define SND_PCI_QUIRK_VENDOR(vend, xname, val)			\
 	{_SND_PCI_QUIRK_ID_MASK(vend, 0, 0), .value = (val)}
+#define snd_pci_quirk_name(q)	""
 #endif
 
 const struct snd_pci_quirk *
diff --git a/sound/drivers/vx/vx_core.c b/sound/drivers/vx/vx_core.c
index de5055a..c39961c 100644
--- a/sound/drivers/vx/vx_core.c
+++ b/sound/drivers/vx/vx_core.c
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 int snd_vx_check_reg_bit(struct vx_core *chip, int reg, int mask, int bit, int time)
 {
 	unsigned long end_time = jiffies + (time * HZ + 999) / 1000;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG
 	static char *reg_names[VX_REG_MAX] = {
 		"ICR", "CVR", "ISR", "IVR", "RXH", "RXM", "RXL",
 		"DMA", "CDSP", "RFREQ", "RUER/V2", "DATA", "MEMIRQ",
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@
 		"MIC3", "INTCSR", "CNTRL", "GPIOC",
 		"LOFREQ", "HIFREQ", "CSUER", "RUER"
 	};
-#endif
+
 	do {
 		if ((snd_vx_inb(chip, reg) & mask) == bit)
 			return 0;
diff --git a/sound/pci/atiixp.c b/sound/pci/atiixp.c
index a677431..6e78c67 100644
--- a/sound/pci/atiixp.c
+++ b/sound/pci/atiixp.c
@@ -567,8 +567,9 @@
 
 	q = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, atiixp_quirks);
 	if (q) {
-		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "Atiixp quirk for %s.  "
-			    "Forcing codec %d\n", q->name, q->value);
+		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO
+			    "Atiixp quirk for %s.  Forcing codec %d\n",
+			    snd_pci_quirk_name(q), q->value);
 		return q->value;
 	}
 	/* this hardware doesn't need workarounds.  Probe for codec */
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.c
index 96a05c4..a3ea76a 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_auto_parser.c
@@ -698,9 +698,7 @@
 
 static void apply_fixup(struct hda_codec *codec, int id, int action, int depth)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 	const char *modelname = codec->fixup_name;
-#endif
 
 	while (id >= 0) {
 		const struct hda_fixup *fix = codec->fixup_list + id;
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
index 19d014a..c4ba306 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c
@@ -1579,9 +1579,7 @@
 			       struct auto_pin_cfg *cfg)
 {
 	struct hda_gen_spec *spec = codec->spec;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 	static const char * const lo_type[3] = { "LO", "SP", "HP" };
-#endif
 	int i;
 
 	debug_badness("multi_outs = %x/%x/%x/%x : %x/%x/%x/%x (type %s)\n",
diff --git a/sound/pci/intel8x0.c b/sound/pci/intel8x0.c
index 3b9be75..b8fe405 100644
--- a/sound/pci/intel8x0.c
+++ b/sound/pci/intel8x0.c
@@ -3266,11 +3266,13 @@
 	w = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, spdif_aclink_defaults);
 	if (w) {
 		if (w->value)
-			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "intel8x0: Using SPDIF over "
-				    "AC-Link for %s\n", w->name);
+			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO
+				    "intel8x0: Using SPDIF over AC-Link for %s\n",
+				    snd_pci_quirk_name(w));
 		else
-			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "intel8x0: Using integrated "
-				    "SPDIF DMA for %s\n", w->name);
+			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO
+				    "intel8x0: Using integrated SPDIF DMA for %s\n",
+				    snd_pci_quirk_name(w));
 		return w->value;
 	}
 	return 0;
diff --git a/sound/pci/maestro3.c b/sound/pci/maestro3.c
index 9387533..c76ac14 100644
--- a/sound/pci/maestro3.c
+++ b/sound/pci/maestro3.c
@@ -2586,8 +2586,9 @@
 	else {
 		quirk = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, m3_amp_quirk_list);
 		if (quirk) {
-			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "maestro3: set amp-gpio "
-				    "for '%s'\n", quirk->name);
+			snd_printdd(KERN_INFO
+				    "maestro3: set amp-gpio for '%s'\n",
+				    snd_pci_quirk_name(quirk));
 			chip->amp_gpio = quirk->value;
 		} else if (chip->allegro_flag)
 			chip->amp_gpio = GPO_EXT_AMP_ALLEGRO;
@@ -2597,8 +2598,9 @@
 
 	quirk = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, m3_irda_quirk_list);
 	if (quirk) {
-		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "maestro3: enabled irda workaround "
-			    "for '%s'\n", quirk->name);
+		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO
+			    "maestro3: enabled irda workaround for '%s'\n",
+			    snd_pci_quirk_name(quirk));
 		chip->irda_workaround = 1;
 	}
 	quirk = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, m3_hv_quirk_list);
diff --git a/sound/pci/nm256/nm256.c b/sound/pci/nm256/nm256.c
index 563a193..6febedb 100644
--- a/sound/pci/nm256/nm256.c
+++ b/sound/pci/nm256/nm256.c
@@ -1660,7 +1660,8 @@
 
 	q = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, nm256_quirks);
 	if (q) {
-		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "nm256: Enabled quirk for %s.\n", q->name);
+		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "nm256: Enabled quirk for %s.\n",
+			    snd_pci_quirk_name(q));
 		switch (q->value) {
 		case NM_BLACKLISTED:
 			printk(KERN_INFO "nm256: The device is blacklisted. "
diff --git a/sound/pci/pcxhr/pcxhr_core.c b/sound/pci/pcxhr/pcxhr_core.c
index b33db1e..37b431b 100644
--- a/sound/pci/pcxhr/pcxhr_core.c
+++ b/sound/pci/pcxhr/pcxhr_core.c
@@ -1012,13 +1012,12 @@
 				  enum pcxhr_async_err_src err_src, int pipe,
 				  int is_capture)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 	static char* err_src_name[] = {
 		[PCXHR_ERR_PIPE]	= "Pipe",
 		[PCXHR_ERR_STREAM]	= "Stream",
 		[PCXHR_ERR_AUDIO]	= "Audio"
 	};
-#endif
+
 	if (err & 0xfff)
 		err &= 0xfff;
 	else
diff --git a/sound/pci/via82xx.c b/sound/pci/via82xx.c
index 6442f61..d756a35 100644
--- a/sound/pci/via82xx.c
+++ b/sound/pci/via82xx.c
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@
 	w = snd_pci_quirk_lookup(pci, dxs_whitelist);
 	if (w) {
 		snd_printdd(KERN_INFO "via82xx: DXS white list for %s found\n",
-			    w->name);
+			    snd_pci_quirk_name(w));
 		return w->value;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/pcm.c b/sound/usb/pcm.c
index b839b60..81f70a7 100644
--- a/sound/usb/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/pcm.c
@@ -1179,9 +1179,7 @@
 		if (!subs->txfr_quirk)
 			bytes = frames * stride;
 		if (bytes % (runtime->sample_bits >> 3) != 0) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 			int oldbytes = bytes;
-#endif
 			bytes = frames * stride;
 			snd_printdd(KERN_ERR "Corrected urb data len. %d->%d\n",
 							oldbytes, bytes);