diff --git a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
index 403ec92164fc..fd6412551145 100644
--- a/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
+++ b/include/sound/simple_card_utils.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ int asoc_simple_card_parse_daifmt(struct device *dev,
 				  struct device_node *codec,
 				  char *prefix,
 				  unsigned int *retfmt);
+__printf(3, 4)
 int asoc_simple_card_set_dailink_name(struct device *dev,
 				      struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link,
 				      const char *fmt, ...);