diff --git a/lib/checkio.cpp b/lib/checkio.cpp
index 136bb278a..be50a8351 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkio.cpp
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ void CheckIO::checkWrongPrintfScanfArguments()
 
             // Check that all parameter positions reference an actual parameter
             for (std::set<unsigned int>::const_iterator it = parameterPositionsUsed.begin() ; it != parameterPositionsUsed.end() ; ++it) {
-                if ((*it == 0) || (*it > numFormat))
+                if (((*it == 0) || (*it > numFormat)) && _settings->isEnabled("warning"))
                     wrongPrintfScanfPosixParameterPositionError(tok, tok->str(), *it, numFormat);
             }
 
@@ -772,8 +772,6 @@ void CheckIO::wrongPrintfScanfArgumentsError(const Token* tok,
 void CheckIO::wrongPrintfScanfPosixParameterPositionError(const Token* tok, const std::string& functionName,
         unsigned int index, unsigned int numFunction)
 {
-    if (!_settings->isEnabled("warning"))
-        return;
     std::ostringstream errmsg;
     errmsg << functionName << ": ";
     if (index == 0) {
@@ -781,7 +779,7 @@ void CheckIO::wrongPrintfScanfPosixParameterPositionError(const Token* tok, cons
     } else {
         errmsg << "referencing parameter " << index << " while " << numFunction << " arguments given";
     }
-    reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "wrongPrintfScanfParameterError", errmsg.str());
+    reportError(tok, Severity::warning, "wrongPrintfScanfParameterPositionError", errmsg.str());
 }
 
 void CheckIO::invalidScanfArgTypeError(const Token* tok, const std::string &functionName, unsigned int numFormat)
diff --git a/lib/checkio.h b/lib/checkio.h
index 9fba82865..250e121a0 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.h
+++ b/lib/checkio.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ private:
         c.invalidPrintfArgTypeError_sint(0, 1, "i");
         c.invalidPrintfArgTypeError_float(0, 1, "f");
         c.invalidScanfFormatWidthError(0, 10, 5, NULL);
+        c.wrongPrintfScanfPosixParameterPositionError(0, "printf", 2, 1);
     }
 
     static std::string myName() {