diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index f9c584244f72c1..640fdd1e4c1d94 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 #ifdef N_TTY_TRACE
 # define n_tty_trace(f, args...)	trace_printk(f, ##args)
 #else
-# define n_tty_trace(f, args...)
+# define n_tty_trace(f, args...)	no_printk(f, ##args)
 #endif
 
 struct n_tty_data {