diff --git a/security/landlock/syscalls.c b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
index 2ca0ccbd905a..d0cb3d0cbf98 100644
--- a/security/landlock/syscalls.c
+++ b/security/landlock/syscalls.c
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
 #include "ruleset.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 
+static bool is_initialized(void)
+{
+	if (likely(landlock_initialized))
+		return true;
+
+	pr_warn_once(
+		"Disabled but requested by user space. "
+		"You should enable Landlock at boot time: "
+		"https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/landlock.html#boot-time-configuration\n");
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * copy_min_struct_from_user - Safe future-proof argument copying
  *
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(landlock_create_ruleset,
 	/* Build-time checks. */
 	build_check_abi();
 
-	if (!landlock_initialized)
+	if (!is_initialized())
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (flags) {
@@ -311,7 +323,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(landlock_add_rule, const int, ruleset_fd,
 	struct landlock_ruleset *ruleset;
 	int res, err;
 
-	if (!landlock_initialized)
+	if (!is_initialized())
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* No flag for now. */
@@ -402,7 +414,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(landlock_restrict_self, const int, ruleset_fd, const __u32,
 	struct landlock_cred_security *new_llcred;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!landlock_initialized)
+	if (!is_initialized())
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/*