diff --git a/include/config_defaults.h b/include/config_defaults.h
index f1b225d..4d49315 100644
--- a/include/config_defaults.h
+++ b/include/config_defaults.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_PARTITIONS 1
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define CONFIG_DM_WARN
 #define CONFIG_DM_DEVICE_REMOVE
 #define CONFIG_DM_STDIO
 #endif
diff --git a/include/dm/util.h b/include/dm/util.h
index 6ac3a38..0cec17b 100644
--- a/include/dm/util.h
+++ b/include/dm/util.h
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 #ifndef __DM_UTIL_H
 #define __DM_UTIL_H
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM_WARN
 void dm_warn(const char *fmt, ...);
+#else
+static inline void dm_warn(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 void dm_dbg(const char *fmt, ...);