diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index 27d848712b90..5910ccb66ca2 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_EXPORT_H
 #define _LINUX_EXPORT_H
 
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+
 /*
  * Export symbols from the kernel to modules.  Forked from module.h
  * to reduce the amount of pointless cruft we feed to gcc when only
@@ -154,7 +156,6 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 #ifdef DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE
-#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, __stringify(DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE))
 #else
 #define _EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec, "")
@@ -162,8 +163,8 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
 
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym)		_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "")
 #define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym)		_EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl")
-#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", #ns)
-#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl", #ns)
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "", __stringify(ns))
+#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(sym, ns)	__EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, "_gpl", __stringify(ns))
 
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */