diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
index bd6bd8879cab96e57d5bc78c771486bd014a4428..8d71886b5f037074eba35363192dc905cf9d8467 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_params.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ static __always_inline void _print_param(struct drm_printer *p,
 	else if (!__builtin_strcmp(type, "char *"))
 		drm_printf(p, "i915.%s=%s\n", name, *(const char **)x);
 	else
-		BUILD_BUG();
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "no printer defined for param type %s (i915.%s)\n",
+			  type, name);
 }
 
 /**