diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
index 904bfc50972a..6e6031d086c9 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#define qdf_must_check __qdf_must_check
 
 /* Include Files */
 #include <i_qdf_types.h>
diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
index 4ab2c026a175..96f7e0c52a4e 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_types.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 #include <linux/ipa.h>
 #endif
 
+#define __qdf_must_check __must_check
+
 typedef struct sg_table __sgtable_t;
 
 /*