diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index d95a50c013c9..743308f40544 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2205,8 +2205,13 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_events(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 	if (copy_from_user(&sctp_sk(sk)->subscribe, optval, optlen))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	/*
-	 * At the time when a user app subscribes to SCTP_SENDER_DRY_EVENT,
+	if (sctp_sk(sk)->subscribe.sctp_data_io_event)
+		pr_warn_ratelimited(DEPRECATED "%s (pid %d) "
+				    "Requested SCTP_SNDRCVINFO event.\n"
+				    "Use SCTP_RCVINFO through SCTP_RECVRCVINFO option instead.\n",
+				    current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
+
+	/* At the time when a user app subscribes to SCTP_SENDER_DRY_EVENT,
 	 * if there is no data to be sent or retransmit, the stack will
 	 * immediately send up this notification.
 	 */