diff --git a/include/net/dropreason.h b/include/net/dropreason.h
index ecd18b7b1364..013ff0f2543e 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason.h
@@ -181,4 +181,6 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 			SKB_DR_SET(name, reason);		\
 	} while (0)
 
+extern const char * const drop_reasons[];
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index a477bf907498..45264e4bb254 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -9,92 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 
-#define TRACE_SKB_DROP_REASON					\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED, NOT_SPECIFIED)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NO_SOCKET, NO_SOCKET)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_SMALL, PKT_TOO_SMALL)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_CSUM, TCP_CSUM)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_FILTER, SOCKET_FILTER)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_UDP_CSUM, UDP_CSUM)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NETFILTER_DROP, NETFILTER_DROP)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_OTHERHOST, OTHERHOST)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_CSUM, IP_CSUM)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_INHDR, IP_INHDR)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_RPFILTER, IP_RPFILTER)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST,		\
-	   UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST)				\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_XFRM_POLICY, XFRM_POLICY)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_NOPROTO, IP_NOPROTO)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF, SOCKET_RCVBUFF)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_PROTO_MEM, PROTO_MEM)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_MD5NOTFOUND, TCP_MD5NOTFOUND)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_MD5UNEXPECTED,			\
-	   TCP_MD5UNEXPECTED)					\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_MD5FAILURE, TCP_MD5FAILURE)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_BACKLOG, SOCKET_BACKLOG)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_FLAGS, TCP_FLAGS)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_ZEROWINDOW, TCP_ZEROWINDOW)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OLD_DATA, TCP_OLD_DATA)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OVERWINDOW, TCP_OVERWINDOW)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE, TCP_OFOMERGE)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFO_DROP, TCP_OFO_DROP)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_RFC7323_PAWS, TCP_RFC7323_PAWS)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_INVALID_SEQUENCE,		\
-	   TCP_INVALID_SEQUENCE)				\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_RESET, TCP_RESET)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_INVALID_SYN, TCP_INVALID_SYN)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_CLOSE, TCP_CLOSE)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_FASTOPEN, TCP_FASTOPEN)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OLD_ACK, TCP_OLD_ACK)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_TOO_OLD_ACK, TCP_TOO_OLD_ACK)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_ACK_UNSENT_DATA,			\
-	   TCP_ACK_UNSENT_DATA)					\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFO_QUEUE_PRUNE,			\
-	  TCP_OFO_QUEUE_PRUNE)					\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_OUTNOROUTES, IP_OUTNOROUTES)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_BPF_CGROUP_EGRESS,			\
-	   BPF_CGROUP_EGRESS)					\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED, IPV6DISABLED)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NEIGH_CREATEFAIL, NEIGH_CREATEFAIL)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NEIGH_FAILED, NEIGH_FAILED)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NEIGH_QUEUEFULL, NEIGH_QUEUEFULL)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NEIGH_DEAD, NEIGH_DEAD)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_EGRESS, TC_EGRESS)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_QDISC_DROP, QDISC_DROP)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_CPU_BACKLOG, CPU_BACKLOG)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_XDP, XDP)				\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TC_INGRESS, TC_INGRESS)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_UNHANDLED_PROTO, UNHANDLED_PROTO)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_CSUM, SKB_CSUM)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_GSO_SEG, SKB_GSO_SEG)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_UCOPY_FAULT, SKB_UCOPY_FAULT)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR, DEV_HDR)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_READY, DEV_READY)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_FULL_RING, FULL_RING)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_NOMEM, NOMEM)			\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC, HDR_TRUNC)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_FILTER, TAP_FILTER)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TAP_TXFILTER, TAP_TXFILTER)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_ICMP_CSUM, ICMP_CSUM)		\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_INVALID_PROTO, INVALID_PROTO)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_INADDRERRORS, IP_INADDRERRORS)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_INNOROUTES, IP_INNOROUTES)	\
-	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_BIG, PKT_TOO_BIG)		\
-	EMe(SKB_DROP_REASON_MAX, MAX)
-
-#undef EM
-#undef EMe
-
-#define EM(a, b)	TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(a);
-#define EMe(a, b)	TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(a);
-
-TRACE_SKB_DROP_REASON
-
-#undef EM
-#undef EMe
-#define EM(a, b)	{ a, #b },
-#define EMe(a, b)	{ a, #b }
-
 /*
  * Tracepoint for free an sk_buff:
  */
@@ -121,8 +35,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kfree_skb,
 
 	TP_printk("skbaddr=%p protocol=%u location=%p reason: %s",
 		  __entry->skbaddr, __entry->protocol, __entry->location,
-		  __print_symbolic(__entry->reason,
-				   TRACE_SKB_DROP_REASON))
+		  drop_reasons[__entry->reason])
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(consume_skb,
diff --git a/net/core/.gitignore b/net/core/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df1e74372cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dropreason_str.c
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index a8e4f737692b..e8ce3bd283a6 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 
 obj-y := sock.o request_sock.o skbuff.o datagram.o stream.o scm.o \
-	 gen_stats.o gen_estimator.o net_namespace.o secure_seq.o flow_dissector.o
+	 gen_stats.o gen_estimator.o net_namespace.o secure_seq.o \
+	 flow_dissector.o dropreason_str.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_net_core.o
 
@@ -39,3 +40,23 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SOCK_MSG) += skmsg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += sock_map.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += bpf_sk_storage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OF)	+= of_net.o
+
+clean-files := dropreason_str.c
+
+quiet_cmd_dropreason_str = GEN     $@
+cmd_dropreason_str = awk -F ',' 'BEGIN{ print "\#include <net/dropreason.h>\n"; \
+	print "const char * const drop_reasons[] = {" }\
+	/^enum skb_drop/ { dr=1; }\
+	/^\};/ { dr=0; }\
+	/^\tSKB_DROP_REASON_/ {\
+		if (dr) {\
+			sub(/\tSKB_DROP_REASON_/, "", $$1);\
+			printf "\t[SKB_DROP_REASON_%s] = \"%s\",\n", $$1, $$1;\
+		}\
+	}\
+	END{ print "};" }' $< > $@
+
+$(obj)/dropreason_str.c: $(srctree)/include/net/dropreason.h
+	$(call cmd,dropreason_str)
+
+$(obj)/dropreason_str.o: $(obj)/dropreason_str.c
diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index 41cac0e4834e..4ad1decce724 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -48,19 +48,6 @@
 static int trace_state = TRACE_OFF;
 static bool monitor_hw;
 
-#undef EM
-#undef EMe
-
-#define EM(a, b)	[a] = #b,
-#define EMe(a, b)	[a] = #b
-
-/* drop_reasons is used to translate 'enum skb_drop_reason' to string,
- * which is reported to user space.
- */
-static const char * const drop_reasons[] = {
-	TRACE_SKB_DROP_REASON
-};
-
 /* net_dm_mutex
  *
  * An overall lock guarding every operation coming from userspace.
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 1d10bb4adec1..74864e6c1835 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ static struct kmem_cache *skbuff_ext_cache __ro_after_init;
 int sysctl_max_skb_frags __read_mostly = MAX_SKB_FRAGS;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_max_skb_frags);
 
+/* The array 'drop_reasons' is auto-generated in dropreason_str.c */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(drop_reasons);
+
 /**
  *	skb_panic - private function for out-of-line support
  *	@skb:	buffer
