diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 7948f274f9bb8..b3c793ed9e647 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ void __init swiotlb_exit(void)
 	if (!mem->nslabs)
 		return;
 
+	pr_info("tearing down default memory pool\n");
 	size = array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), mem->nslabs);
 	if (mem->late_alloc)
 		free_pages((unsigned long)mem->slots, get_order(size));