diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index a8b4b9c8b1d2415e7220913715fc2cd4bd95212c..6dbd24a36ef8e55d2e4382976c018a7e4335e98f 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@
 		{.base = xbase, .num_regs = xregs,	      \
 		 .mask = xmask }) }
 
+/*
+ * SND_SOC_BYTES_EXT is deprecated, please USE SND_SOC_BYTES_TLV instead
+ */
 #define SND_SOC_BYTES_EXT(xname, xcount, xhandler_get, xhandler_put) \
 {	.iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER, .name = xname, \
 	.info = snd_soc_bytes_info_ext, \