diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 9753fcc61bc55b4577527f1ef8ef4853cba7406f..c74848ddb85a236916bfb7bdf64d322a6f37008d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
 struct ____ftrace_##name {					\
 	tstruct							\
 };								\
-static void __used ____ftrace_check_##name(void)		\
+static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void)	\
 {								\
 	struct ____ftrace_##name *__entry = NULL;		\
 								\
-	/* force cmpile-time check on F_printk() */		\
+	/* force compile-time check on F_printk() */		\
 	printk(print);						\
 }