diff --git a/auparse/auparse.c b/auparse/auparse.c
index e16586343..c3e1fb9ed 100644
--- a/auparse/auparse.c
+++ b/auparse/auparse.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ auparse_state_t *auparse_init(ausource_t source, const void *b)
 			if (access_ok(b))
 				goto bad_exit;
 			tmp = malloc(2*sizeof(char *));
-			if (tmp == NULL) 
+			if (tmp == NULL)
 				goto bad_exit;
 			tmp[0] = strdup(b);
 			tmp[1] = NULL;
@@ -1215,13 +1215,14 @@ static int str2event(char *s, au_event_t *e)
 }
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNDUPA
-static inline char *strndupa(const char *old, size_t n)
-{
-	size_t len = strnlen(old, n);
-	char *tmp = alloca(len + 1);
-	tmp[len] = 0;
-	return memcpy(tmp, old, len);
-}
+#define strndupa(s, n)								\
+	({												\
+		const char *__old = (s);					\
+		size_t __len = strnlen (__old, (n));		\
+		char *__new = (char *) alloca(__len + 1);	\
+		__new[__len] = '\0';						\
+		(char *) memcpy (__new, __old, __len);		\
+	})
 #endif
 
 /* Returns 0 on success and 1 on error */
diff --git a/src/ausearch-lol.c b/src/ausearch-lol.c
index 476723dfb..31c5ff2e3 100644
--- a/src/ausearch-lol.c
+++ b/src/ausearch-lol.c
@@ -163,13 +163,14 @@ static int compare_event_time(event *e1, event *e2)
 }
 
 #ifndef HAVE_STRNDUPA
-static inline char *strndupa(const char *old, size_t n)
-{
-	size_t len = strnlen(old, n);
-	char *tmp = alloca(len + 1);
-	tmp[len] = 0;
-	return memcpy(tmp, old, len);
-}
+#define strndupa(s, n)								\
+	({												\
+		const char *__old = (s);					\
+		size_t __len = strnlen (__old, (n));		\
+		char *__new = (char *) alloca(__len + 1);	\
+		__new[__len] = '\0';						\
+		(char *) memcpy (__new, __old, __len);		\
+	})
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ static int extract_timestamp(const char *b, event *e)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-// This function will check events to see if they are complete 
+// This function will check events to see if they are complete
 // FIXME: Can we think of other ways to determine if the event is done?
 static void check_events(lol *lo, time_t sec)
 {