1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 42dc6a3571ec..e157c1399b61 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);
 /*
  *      Display a 6 byte device address (MAC) in a readable format.
  */
-extern __pure char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr);
+extern char *print_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr);
+#define MAC_FMT "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x"
 #define MAC_BUF_SIZE    18
 #define DECLARE_MAC_BUF(var) char var[MAC_BUF_SIZE] __maybe_unused