diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index d71ab3563416b..4c54565b412dd 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -16949,7 +16949,7 @@ package android.os {
     method public static void startMethodTracing(java.lang.String, int);
     method public static void startMethodTracing(java.lang.String, int, int);
     method public static void startNativeTracing();
-    method public static void stopAllocCounting();
+    method public static deprecated void stopAllocCounting();
     method public static void stopMethodTracing();
     method public static void stopNativeTracing();
     method public static long threadCpuTimeNanos();
diff --git a/core/java/android/os/Debug.java b/core/java/android/os/Debug.java
index 2e77237451ce2..fd01da9f8afaf 100644
--- a/core/java/android/os/Debug.java
+++ b/core/java/android/os/Debug.java
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ href="{@docRoot}guide/developing/tools/traceview.html">Traceview: A Graphical Lo
      *
      * @see #startAllocCounting()
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public static void stopAllocCounting() {
         VMDebug.stopAllocCounting();
     }