diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
index d6c87a0bae09..46f489b2263c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_log.c
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ static const char *translate_esas2r_event_level_to_kernel(const long level)
 	}
 }
 
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#ifndef __clang__
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsuggest-attribute=format"
-#endif
-
 /*
  * the master logging function.  this function will format the message as
  * outlined by the formatting string, the input device information and the
@@ -118,10 +113,9 @@ static const char *translate_esas2r_event_level_to_kernel(const long level)
  *
  * @return 0 on success, or -1 if an error occurred.
  */
-static int esas2r_log_master(const long level,
-			     const struct device *dev,
-			     const char *format,
-			     va_list args)
+static __printf(3, 0)
+int esas2r_log_master(const long level, const struct device *dev,
+		      const char *format, va_list args)
 {
 	if (level <= event_log_level) {
 		unsigned long flags = 0;
@@ -175,8 +169,6 @@ static int esas2r_log_master(const long level,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-
 /*
  * formats and logs a message to the system log.
  *