void ath_hw_cycle_counters_update(struct ath_common *common);
 int32_t ath_hw_get_listen_time(struct ath_common *common);
 
-extern __attribute__((format (printf, 3, 4)))
-int ath_printk(const char *level, struct ath_common *common,
-              const char *fmt, ...);
+extern __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)))
+void ath_printk(const char *level, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+#define _ath_printk(level, common, fmt, ...)                   \
+do {                                                           \
+       __always_unused struct ath_common *unused = common;     \
+       ath_printk(level, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);                  \
+} while (0)
 
 #define ath_emerg(common, fmt, ...)                            \
-       ath_printk(KERN_EMERG, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_EMERG, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_alert(common, fmt, ...)                            \
-       ath_printk(KERN_ALERT, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_ALERT, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_crit(common, fmt, ...)                             \
-       ath_printk(KERN_CRIT, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_CRIT, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_err(common, fmt, ...)                              \
-       ath_printk(KERN_ERR, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_ERR, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_warn(common, fmt, ...)                             \
-       ath_printk(KERN_WARNING, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_WARNING, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_notice(common, fmt, ...)                           \
-       ath_printk(KERN_NOTICE, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_NOTICE, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ath_info(common, fmt, ...)                             \
-       ath_printk(KERN_INFO, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+       _ath_printk(KERN_INFO, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 /**
  * enum ath_debug_level - atheros wireless debug level
 #define ath_dbg(common, dbg_mask, fmt, ...)                            \
 do {                                                                   \
        if ((common)->debug_mask & dbg_mask)                            \
-               ath_printk(KERN_DEBUG, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
+               _ath_printk(KERN_DEBUG, common, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);    \
 } while (0)
 
 #define ATH_DBG_WARN(foo, arg...) WARN(foo, arg)