diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/persistence/TrainedModelProvider.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/persistence/TrainedModelProvider.java
index f1c0d1f4c3dad..f493c735d87ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/persistence/TrainedModelProvider.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/inference/persistence/TrainedModelProvider.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.elasticsearch.core.Strings.format;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.ML_ORIGIN;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ClientHelper.executeAsyncWithOrigin;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ml.job.messages.Messages.INFERENCE_FAILED_TO_DESERIALIZE;