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diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig
index 4b6e2f18e056..825068ca3479 100644
--- a/kernel/power/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ config PM_TRACE
         CAUTION: this option will cause your machine's real-time clock to be
         set to an invalid time after a resume.
 
+config PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+        bool "Driver model /sys/devices/.../power/state files (DEPRECATED)"
+        depends on PM && SYSFS
+        default n
+        help
+          The driver model started out with a sysfs file intended to provide
+          a userspace hook for device power management.  This feature has never
+          worked very well, except for limited testing purposes, and so it will
+          be removed.   It's not clear that a generic mechanism could really
+          handle the wide variability of device power states; any replacements
+          are likely to be bus or driver specific.
 
 config SOFTWARE_SUSPEND
         bool "Software Suspend"