diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h
index 582b6f68df3dd64346827938b07b885293d07c2f..489395bfb5b3bd395d5ca9af251532c3aa096147 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 
 #define MAX_MSG_LEN 512
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#ifndef __clang__
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsuggest-attribute=format"
+#endif
+
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(hfi1_trace_template,
 		    TP_PROTO(const char *function, struct va_format *vaf),
 		    TP_ARGS(function, vaf),
@@ -36,6 +41,8 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(hfi1_trace_template,
 			      __get_str(msg))
 );
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
 /*
  * It may be nice to macroize the __hfi1_trace but the va_* stuff requires an
  * actual function to work and can not be in a macro.