diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c
index 49fd7db758e02e9a19c31501c46378d6b491a4ed..af786f27f72ec13687a8e6084b1bf46bf694d86c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_framebuffer.c
@@ -673,6 +673,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_framebuffer_lookup);
  * those used for fbdev. Note that the caller must hold a reference of it's own,
  * i.e. the object may not be destroyed through this call (since it'll lead to a
  * locking inversion).
+ *
+ * NOTE: This function is deprecated. For driver-private framebuffers it is not
+ * recommended to embed a framebuffer struct info fbdev struct, instead, a
+ * framebuffer pointer is preferred and drm_framebuffer_unreference() should be
+ * called when the framebuffer is to be cleaned up.
  */
 void drm_framebuffer_unregister_private(struct drm_framebuffer *fb)
 {