diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
index 9544860e3292..6af733de69ca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_private.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ do {									\
 
 #define KLASSERT(e) LASSERT(e)
 
-void lbug_with_loc(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *)__attribute__((noreturn));
+void __noreturn lbug_with_loc(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *);
 
 #define LBUG()							  \
 do {								    \
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
index 4545d54f71c6..8689ea757c99 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void libcfs_run_lbug_upcall(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *msgdata)
 }
 
 /* coverity[+kill] */
-void lbug_with_loc(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *msgdata)
+void __noreturn lbug_with_loc(struct libcfs_debug_msg_data *msgdata)
 {
 	libcfs_catastrophe = 1;
 	libcfs_debug_msg(msgdata, "LBUG\n");