diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4870c3556a5a68be94cf28b65d527331810e7187..b1f3f4844e60c21248f97ef4c2a3c0b0dddc1bca 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6997,6 +6997,9 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 	dev->priv_flags = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM;
 	setup(dev);
 
+	if (!dev->tx_queue_len)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s uses DEPRECATED zero tx_queue_len - convert driver to use IFF_NO_QUEUE instead.\n", name);
+
 	dev->num_tx_queues = txqs;
 	dev->real_num_tx_queues = txqs;
 	if (netif_alloc_netdev_queues(dev))