diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig b/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
index 541efe01abc7..e4dc53a36428 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ menuconfig DMABUF_HEAPS
 	  between drivers.
 
 menuconfig DMABUF_SYSFS_STATS
-	bool "DMA-BUF sysfs statistics"
+	bool "DMA-BUF sysfs statistics (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	help
 	   Choose this option to enable DMA-BUF sysfs statistics
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ menuconfig DMABUF_SYSFS_STATS
 	   statistics for the DMA-BUF with the unique inode number
 	   <inode_number>.
 
+	   This option is deprecated and should sooner or later be removed.
+	   Android is the only user of this and it turned out that this resulted
+	   in quite some performance problems.
+
 source "drivers/dma-buf/heaps/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu