diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 05e0b6f4365b..6caf4f23206b 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1450,6 +1450,23 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	int trace = 0;
 	long nr;
 
+	/*
+	 * We hope to recycle these flags after 2.6.26
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED)) {
+		static int __read_mostly count = 100;
+
+		if (count > 0 && printk_ratelimit()) {
+			char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
+
+			count--;
+			printk(KERN_INFO "fork(): process `%s' used deprecated "
+					"clone flags 0x%lx\n",
+				get_task_comm(comm, current),
+				clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (unlikely(current->ptrace)) {
 		trace = fork_traceflag (clone_flags);
 		if (trace)