diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
index 60865f1103099383c4263a1a56e691b3c86c3720..2281be419a74b6d8abe0fd7da8d7e8b35d304600 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ static int generic_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 static bool generic_new(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			unsigned int dataoff, unsigned int *timeouts)
 {
-	return nf_generic_should_process(nf_ct_protonum(ct));
+	bool ret;
+
+	ret = nf_generic_should_process(nf_ct_protonum(ct));
+	if (!ret)
+		pr_warn_once("conntrack: generic helper won't handle protocol %d. Please consider loading the specific helper module.\n",
+			     nf_ct_protonum(ct));
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT)