diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/vio.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/vio.h
index d4de32f0f8afdb849495f29aff26f3c0f004f7d3..6cdbf7e7351d2acae1bf34d209707e52496878e4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/vio.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/vio.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static inline void *vio_dring_entry(struct vio_dring_state *dr,
 static inline u32 vio_dring_avail(struct vio_dring_state *dr,
 				  unsigned int ring_size)
 {
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(ring_size));
+	MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(ring_size));
 
 	return (dr->pending -
 		((dr->prod - dr->cons) & (ring_size - 1)));
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index b0603b2e56844e38e1e4082eaf20ed115d78b07e..32b957efa42047af3065b6e30c31827031e94159 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ int __tpm_pcr_read(struct tpm_chip *chip, int pcr_idx, u8 *res_buf)
 
 	cmd.header.in = pcrread_header;
 	cmd.params.pcrread_in.pcr_idx = cpu_to_be32(pcr_idx);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(cmd.header.in.length > READ_PCR_RESULT_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(cmd.header.in.length > READ_PCR_RESULT_SIZE);
 	rc = transmit_cmd(chip, &cmd, cmd.header.in.length,
 			  "attempting to read a pcr value");
 
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ int tpm_pcr_extend(u32 chip_num, int pcr_idx, const u8 *hash)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	cmd.header.in = pcrextend_header;
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(be32_to_cpu(cmd.header.in.length) > EXTEND_PCR_SIZE);
+	BUG_ON(be32_to_cpu(cmd.header.in.length) > EXTEND_PCR_SIZE);
 	cmd.params.pcrextend_in.pcr_idx = cpu_to_be32(pcr_idx);
 	memcpy(cmd.params.pcrextend_in.hash, hash, TPM_DIGEST_SIZE);
 	rc = transmit_cmd(chip, &cmd, cmd.header.in.length,
diff --git a/drivers/net/niu.c b/drivers/net/niu.c
index 76cc2614f480df28cbf1973461529114d4c7d8b7..f9364d0678f27d19cc4ab1e5a0519034e627e2db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -5615,7 +5615,7 @@ static void niu_init_tx_mac(struct niu *np)
 	/* The XMAC_MIN register only accepts values for TX min which
 	 * have the low 3 bits cleared.
 	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(min & 0x7);
+	BUG_ON(min & 0x7);
 
 	if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_XMAC)
 		niu_init_tx_xmac(np, min, max);
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index f53e9b868c26c053f86c5bcff3cbc582c12bc7b2..557bdad320b624369441119e5f352ccbd41b04a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static inline enum zone_type gfp_zone(gfp_t flags)
 					 ((1 << ZONES_SHIFT) - 1);
 
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(bit))
-		BUILD_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
+		MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
 	else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
 		BUG_ON((GFP_ZONE_BAD >> bit) & 1);
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 55723afa097bac9477d187b7a38a2a498751c918..63dcaece1ac5349405d284ca592446c6712cb5d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -678,13 +678,17 @@ struct sysinfo {
 };
 
 /* Force a compilation error if condition is true */
-#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(condition)]))
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) ((void)BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(condition))
+
+/* Force a compilation error if condition is constant and true */
+#define MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(cond) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(cond)]))
 
 /* Force a compilation error if condition is true, but also produce a
    result (of value 0 and type size_t), so the expression can be used
    e.g. in a structure initializer (or where-ever else comma expressions
    aren't permitted). */
-#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(char[1 - 2 * !!(e)]) - 1)
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(e) (sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); }))
+#define BUILD_BUG_ON_NULL(e) ((void *)sizeof(struct { int:-!!(e); }))
 
 /* Trap pasters of __FUNCTION__ at compile-time */
 #define __FUNCTION__ (__func__)
diff --git a/include/linux/kmemcheck.h b/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
index 136cdcdf92ef474a438c7767c1541b38036cef90..e880d4cf9e223d1e4ca4b8e4ebe655f599a52b16 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmemcheck.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static inline bool kmemcheck_is_obj_initialized(unsigned long addr, size_t size)
 									\
 		_n = (long) &((ptr)->name##_end)			\
 			- (long) &((ptr)->name##_begin);		\
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(_n < 0);					\
+		MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(_n < 0);				\
 									\
 		kmemcheck_mark_initialized(&((ptr)->name##_begin), _n);	\
 	} while (0)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index e547e3c8ee9a55412e52dabaa9ddc67a423b01ab..0093dd7c1d6f0eaf810001851902444269e82f44 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ static inline bool virtio_has_feature(const struct virtio_device *vdev,
 				      unsigned int fbit)
 {
 	/* Did you forget to fix assumptions on max features? */
-	if (__builtin_constant_p(fbit))
-		BUILD_BUG_ON(fbit >= 32);
+	MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON(fbit >= 32);
 
 	if (fbit < VIRTIO_TRANSPORT_F_START)
 		virtio_check_driver_offered_feature(vdev, fbit);