diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 7582ec4fd413..9d6524caf8ea 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6792,8 +6792,8 @@ static void btf_type_show(const struct btf *btf, u32 type_id, void *obj,
 	btf_type_ops(t)->show(btf, t, type_id, obj, 0, show);
 }
 
-static void btf_seq_show(struct btf_show *show, const char *fmt,
-			 va_list args)
+__printf(2, 0) static void btf_seq_show(struct btf_show *show, const char *fmt,
+					va_list args)
 {
 	seq_vprintf((struct seq_file *)show->target, fmt, args);
 }
@@ -6826,8 +6826,8 @@ struct btf_show_snprintf {
 	int len;		/* length we would have written */
 };
 
-static void btf_snprintf_show(struct btf_show *show, const char *fmt,
-			      va_list args)
+__printf(2, 0) static void btf_snprintf_show(struct btf_show *show, const char *fmt,
+					     va_list args)
 {
 	struct btf_show_snprintf *ssnprintf = (struct btf_show_snprintf *)show;
 	int len;