1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index b22fb0d3db0f..8c7c2de7631a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ extern void blk_trace_shutdown(struct request_queue *);
 extern int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name,
                               dev_t dev, struct block_device *bdev,
                               struct blk_user_trace_setup *buts);
-extern void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *, const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)))
+void __trace_note_message(struct blk_trace *, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /**
  * blk_add_trace_msg - Add a (simple) message to the blktrace stream