diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c3cc12dc29..1c9b49c00f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@ F: docs/block-replication.txt
 PVRDMA
 M: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia.ml@gmail.com>
 M: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
-S: Maintained
+S: Odd Fixes
 F: hw/rdma/*
 F: hw/rdma/vmw/*
 F: docs/pvrdma.txt
diff --git a/docs/about/deprecated.rst b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
index 8b136320e2..ffd0a8c896 100644
--- a/docs/about/deprecated.rst
+++ b/docs/about/deprecated.rst
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ QEMU's ``vhost`` feature, which would eliminate the high latency costs under
 which the 9p ``proxy`` backend currently suffers. However as of to date nobody
 has indicated plans for such kind of reimplementation unfortunately.
 
+``-device pvrdma`` and the rdma subsystem (since 8.2)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The pvrdma device and the whole rdma subsystem are in a bad shape and
+without active maintenance. The QEMU project intends to remove this
+device and subsystem from the code base in a future release without
+replacement unless somebody steps up and improves the situation.
+
 
 Block device options
 ''''''''''''''''''''
diff --git a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c
index 55b338046e..e735ff97eb 100644
--- a/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c
+++ b/hw/rdma/vmw/pvrdma_main.c
@@ -615,6 +615,8 @@ static void pvrdma_realize(PCIDevice *pdev, Error **errp)
     bool ram_shared = false;
     PCIDevice *func0;
 
+    warn_report_once("pvrdma is deprecated and will be removed in a future release");
+
     rdma_info_report("Initializing device %s %x.%x", pdev->name,
                      PCI_SLOT(pdev->devfn), PCI_FUNC(pdev->devfn));