diff --git a/libavcodec/internal.h b/libavcodec/internal.h
index 0daf6695e6..f93a196483 100644
--- a/libavcodec/internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/internal.h
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
 #define FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP           (1 << 1)
 
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#   define ff_dlog(ctx, ...) av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
-#else
-#   define ff_dlog(ctx, ...) do { if (0) av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#endif
-
 #ifdef TRACE
 #   define ff_tlog(ctx, ...) av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_TRACE, __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index a46b2b15ce..047f742e5a 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -250,6 +250,12 @@ void avpriv_request_sample(void *avc,
 #define SIZE_SPECIFIER "zu"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#   define ff_dlog(ctx, ...) av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#   define ff_dlog(ctx, ...) do { if (0) av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#endif
+
 /**
  * A wrapper for open() setting O_CLOEXEC.
  */