diff --git a/include/linux/seq_file.h b/include/linux/seq_file.h
index 2fb266ea69fa..d6ebf0596510 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_file.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_file.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ int seq_open_private(struct file *, const struct seq_operations *, int);
 int seq_release_private(struct inode *, struct file *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF
+__printf(2, 0)
 void seq_bprintf(struct seq_file *m, const char *f, const u32 *binary);
 #endif