diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index 396c6f0fd033..9cd22cda17af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static void __i915_error_advance(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
 	e->pos += len;
 }
 
+__printf(2, 0)
 static void i915_error_vprintf(struct drm_i915_error_state_buf *e,
 			       const char *f, va_list args)
 {