diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/pci-ish.c b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/pci-ish.c
index 20d647d2dd2c..34c95de6885e 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/pci-ish.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ipc/pci-ish.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, ish_pci_tbl);
  *
  * Callback to direct log messages to Linux trace buffers
  */
-static void ish_event_tracer(struct ishtp_device *dev, char *format, ...)
+static __printf(2, 3)
+void ish_event_tracer(struct ishtp_device *dev, const char *format, ...)
 {
 	if (trace_ishtp_dump_enabled()) {
 		va_list args;
diff --git a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/ishtp-dev.h b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/ishtp-dev.h
index a94f9a8a96a0..6a6d927b78b0 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/ishtp-dev.h
+++ b/drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp/ishtp-dev.h
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ struct ishtp_device {
 	uint64_t ishtp_host_dma_rx_buf_phys;
 
 	/* Dump to trace buffers if enabled*/
-	void (*print_log)(struct ishtp_device *dev, char *format, ...);
+	__printf(2, 3) void (*print_log)(struct ishtp_device *dev,
+					 const char *format, ...);
 
 	/* Debug stats */
 	unsigned int	ipc_rx_cnt;