diff --git a/mm/show_mem.c b/mm/show_mem.c
index c563d9adfa87..22bb8b045671 100644
--- a/mm/show_mem.c
+++ b/mm/show_mem.c
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ void __show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask, int max_zone_idx)
 
 		nr = alloc_tag_top_users(tags, ARRAY_SIZE(tags), false);
 		if (nr) {
-			pr_notice("Memory allocations:\n");
+			pr_notice("Memory allocations (profiling is currently turned %s):\n",
+				mem_alloc_profiling_enabled() ? "on" : "off");
 			for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 				struct codetag *ct = tags[i].ct;
 				struct alloc_tag *tag = ct_to_alloc_tag(ct);