diff --git a/sys/sys/lock.h b/sys/sys/lock.h
index 03b41e3fb478..6fcb03312063 100644
--- a/sys/sys/lock.h
+++ b/sys/sys/lock.h
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ const char *witness_file(struct lock_object *);
 #define	WITNESS_UNLOCK(lock, flags, file, line)				\
 	witness_unlock((lock), (flags), (file), (line))
 
+#define	WITNESS_CHECK(flags, lock, fmt, ...)				\
+	witness_warn((flags), (lock), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
+
 #define	WITNESS_WARN(flags, lock, fmt, ...)				\
 	witness_warn((flags), (lock), (fmt), ## __VA_ARGS__)
 
@@ -296,6 +299,7 @@ const char *witness_file(struct lock_object *);
 #define	WITNESS_UPGRADE(lock, flags, file, line)
 #define	WITNESS_DOWNGRADE(lock, flags, file, line)
 #define	WITNESS_UNLOCK(lock, flags, file, line)
+#define	WITNESS_CHECK(flags, lock, fmt, ...)	0
 #define	WITNESS_WARN(flags, lock, fmt, ...)
 #define	WITNESS_SAVE_DECL(n)
 #define	WITNESS_SAVE(lock, n)
diff --git a/sys/vm/uma_core.c b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
index 1cec429db462..9cba214834d1 100644
--- a/sys/vm/uma_core.c
+++ b/sys/vm/uma_core.c
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@ uma_zalloc_arg(uma_zone_t zone, void *udata, int flags)
 		   ("malloc(M_WAITOK) in interrupt context"));
 		if (nosleepwithlocks) {
 #ifdef WITNESS
-			badness = WITNESS_WARN(WARN_GIANTOK | WARN_SLEEPOK,
+			badness = WITNESS_CHECK(WARN_GIANTOK | WARN_SLEEPOK,
 			    NULL,
 			    "malloc(M_WAITOK) of \"%s\", forcing M_NOWAIT",
 			    zone->uz_name);