diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
index 5f4e1a17360b..47e1bc6551d4 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei-trace.h
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 
 #undef TRACE_SYSTEM
-
 #define TRACE_SYSTEM mei
-#define TRACE_SYSTEM_STRING __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM)
 
 TRACE_EVENT(mei_reg_read,
 	TP_PROTO(const struct device *dev, const char *reg, u32 offs, u32 val),