diff --git a/include/net/dropreason.h b/include/net/dropreason.h
index fae9b40e54fa..c1cbcdbaf149 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason.h
@@ -3,6 +3,73 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_DROPREASON_H
 #define _LINUX_DROPREASON_H
 
+#define DEFINE_DROP_REASON(FN, FNe)	\
+	FN(NOT_SPECIFIED)		\
+	FN(NO_SOCKET)			\
+	FN(PKT_TOO_SMALL)		\
+	FN(TCP_CSUM)			\
+	FN(SOCKET_FILTER)		\
+	FN(UDP_CSUM)			\
+	FN(NETFILTER_DROP)		\
+	FN(OTHERHOST)			\
+	FN(IP_CSUM)			\
+	FN(IP_INHDR)			\
+	FN(IP_RPFILTER)			\
+	FN(UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST)	\
+	FN(XFRM_POLICY)			\
+	FN(IP_NOPROTO)			\
+	FN(SOCKET_RCVBUFF)		\
+	FN(PROTO_MEM)			\
+	FN(TCP_MD5NOTFOUND)		\
+	FN(TCP_MD5UNEXPECTED)		\
+	FN(TCP_MD5FAILURE)		\
+	FN(SOCKET_BACKLOG)		\
+	FN(TCP_FLAGS)			\
+	FN(TCP_ZEROWINDOW)		\
+	FN(TCP_OLD_DATA)		\
+	FN(TCP_OVERWINDOW)		\
+	FN(TCP_OFOMERGE)		\
+	FN(TCP_RFC7323_PAWS)		\
+	FN(TCP_INVALID_SEQUENCE)	\
+	FN(TCP_RESET)			\
+	FN(TCP_INVALID_SYN)		\
+	FN(TCP_CLOSE)			\
+	FN(TCP_FASTOPEN)		\
+	FN(TCP_OLD_ACK)			\
+	FN(TCP_TOO_OLD_ACK)		\
+	FN(TCP_ACK_UNSENT_DATA)		\
+	FN(TCP_OFO_QUEUE_PRUNE)		\
+	FN(TCP_OFO_DROP)		\
+	FN(IP_OUTNOROUTES)		\
+	FN(BPF_CGROUP_EGRESS)		\
+	FN(IPV6DISABLED)		\
+	FN(NEIGH_CREATEFAIL)		\
+	FN(NEIGH_FAILED)		\
+	FN(NEIGH_QUEUEFULL)		\
+	FN(NEIGH_DEAD)			\
+	FN(TC_EGRESS)			\
+	FN(QDISC_DROP)			\
+	FN(CPU_BACKLOG)			\
+	FN(XDP)				\
+	FN(TC_INGRESS)			\
+	FN(UNHANDLED_PROTO)		\
+	FN(SKB_CSUM)			\
+	FN(SKB_GSO_SEG)			\
+	FN(SKB_UCOPY_FAULT)		\
+	FN(DEV_HDR)			\
+	FN(DEV_READY)			\
+	FN(FULL_RING)			\
+	FN(NOMEM)			\
+	FN(HDR_TRUNC)			\
+	FN(TAP_FILTER)			\
+	FN(TAP_TXFILTER)		\
+	FN(ICMP_CSUM)			\
+	FN(INVALID_PROTO)		\
+	FN(IP_INADDRERRORS)		\
+	FN(IP_INNOROUTES)		\
+	FN(PKT_TOO_BIG)			\
+	FNe(MAX)
+
 /**
  * enum skb_drop_reason - the reasons of skb drops
  *
diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index 45264e4bb254..50a974f7dfb4 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 
+#undef FN
+#define FN(reason)	TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(SKB_DROP_REASON_##reason);
+DEFINE_DROP_REASON(FN, FN)
+
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+#define FN(reason)	{ SKB_DROP_REASON_##reason, #reason },
+#define FNe(reason)	{ SKB_DROP_REASON_##reason, #reason }
+
 /*
  * Tracepoint for free an sk_buff:
  */
@@ -35,9 +44,13 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kfree_skb,
 
 	TP_printk("skbaddr=%p protocol=%u location=%p reason: %s",
 		  __entry->skbaddr, __entry->protocol, __entry->location,
-		  drop_reasons[__entry->reason])
+		  __print_symbolic(__entry->reason,
+				   DEFINE_DROP_REASON(FN, FNe)))
 );
 
+#undef FN
+#undef FNe
+
 TRACE_EVENT(consume_skb,
 
 	TP_PROTO(struct sk_buff *skb),
diff --git a/net/core/.gitignore b/net/core/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index df1e74372cce..000000000000
--- a/net/core/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dropreason_str.c
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index e8ce3bd283a6..5857cec87b83 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 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 dropreason_str.o
+	 flow_dissector.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_net_core.o
 
@@ -40,23 +40,3 @@ 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/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 48ecfbf29174..f1b8b20fc20b 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ 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 */
+#undef FN
+#define FN(reason) [SKB_DROP_REASON_##reason] = #reason,
+const char * const drop_reasons[] = {
+	DEFINE_DROP_REASON(FN, FN)
+};
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drop_reasons);
 
 /**
