1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 1e923e5e88e8..5cac19b3a266 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
+__printf(4, 5)
 struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
                                            void *data,
                                            int node,
-                                           const char namefmt[], ...)
-        __attribute__((format(printf, 4, 5)));
+                                           const char namefmt[], ...);
 
 #define kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, arg...) \
         kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, -1, namefmt, ##arg)