diff --git a/sunrpc/netname.c b/sunrpc/netname.c
index bf7f0b81c4..c1d1c43e50 100644
--- a/sunrpc/netname.c
+++ b/sunrpc/netname.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <rpc/rpc.h>
 #include <shlib-compat.h>
+#include <libc-diag.h>
 
 #include "nsswitch.h"
 
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ user2netname (char netname[MAXNETNAMELEN + 1], const uid_t uid,
   if ((strlen (dfltdom) + OPSYS_LEN + 3 + MAXIPRINT) > (size_t) MAXNETNAMELEN)
     return 0;
 
+  /* GCC with -Os warns that sprint might overflow while handling dfltdom,
+     however the above test does check if an overflow would happen.  */
+  DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+  DIAG_IGNORE_Os_NEEDS_COMMENT (8, "-Wformat-overflow");
   sprintf (netname, "%s.%d@%s", OPSYS, uid, dfltdom);
+  DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
   i = strlen (netname);
   if (netname[i - 1] == '.')
     netname[i - 1] = '\0';