diff --git a/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig b/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
index 3540e9c0a631..15b7420c868b 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/loongarch/configs/loongson3_defconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ CONFIG_ZSWAP=y
 CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_ZSTD=y
 CONFIG_ZPOOL=y
 CONFIG_ZBUD=y
-CONFIG_Z3FOLD=y
 CONFIG_ZSMALLOC=m
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index a65145fe89f2..cf782e047491 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -132,12 +132,15 @@ config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZBUD
 	help
 	  Use the zbud allocator as the default allocator.
 
-config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD
-	bool "z3fold"
-	select Z3FOLD
+config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED
+	bool "z3foldi (DEPRECATED)"
+	select Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED
 	help
 	  Use the z3fold allocator as the default allocator.
 
+	  Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles,
+	  see CONFIG_Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED.
+
 config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZSMALLOC
 	bool "zsmalloc"
 	select ZSMALLOC
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT
        string
        depends on ZSWAP
        default "zbud" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZBUD
-       default "z3fold" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD
+       default "z3fold" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED
        default "zsmalloc" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZSMALLOC
        default ""
 
@@ -163,15 +166,25 @@ config ZBUD
 	  deterministic reclaim properties that make it preferable to a higher
 	  density approach when reclaim will be used.
 
-config Z3FOLD
-	tristate "3:1 compression allocator (z3fold)"
+config Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED
+	tristate "3:1 compression allocator (z3fold) (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on ZSWAP
 	help
+	  Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles. If you have
+	  a good reason for using Z3FOLD over ZSMALLOC, please contact
+	  linux-mm@kvack.org and the zswap maintainers.
+
 	  A special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages.
 	  It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical
 	  page. It is a ZBUD derivative so the simplicity and determinism are
 	  still there.
 
+config Z3FOLD
+	tristate
+	default y if Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED=y
+	default m if Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED=m
+	depends on Z3FOLD_DEPRECATED
+
 config ZSMALLOC
 	tristate
 	prompt "N:1 compression allocator (zsmalloc)" if ZSWAP