diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
index 38af61556895f32d4d478d369678e920db403f6c..6aaf5d92a43c11af668a9d941e012c9ca73ebd99 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4recover.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,9 @@ nfsd4_client_tracking_init(struct net *net)
 
 	/* Finally, try to use nfsdcld */
 	client_tracking_ops = &nfsd4_cld_tracking_ops;
+	printk(KERN_WARNING "NFSD: the nfsdcld client tracking upcall will be "
+			"removed in 3.10. Please transition to using "
+			"nfsdcltrack.\n");
 do_init:
 	status = client_tracking_ops->init(net);
 	if (status) {