diff --git a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
index 254dda8..5f1f506 100644
--- a/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/ProcessState.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(forked, "libbinder ProcessState can not be used after fork");
 }
 
+bool ProcessState::isVndservicemanagerEnabled() {
+    return access("/vendor/bin/vndservicemanager", R_OK) == 0;
+}
+
 sp<ProcessState> ProcessState::init(const char *driver, bool requireDefault)
 {
 #ifdef BINDER_IPC_32BIT
@@ -123,6 +127,11 @@
             driver = "/dev/binder";
         }
 
+        if (0 == strcmp(driver, "/dev/vndbinder") && !isVndservicemanagerEnabled()) {
+            ALOGE("vndservicemanager is not started on this device, you can save resources/threads "
+                  "by not initializing ProcessState with /dev/vndbinder.");
+        }
+
         // we must install these before instantiating the gProcess object,
         // otherwise this would race with creating it, and there could be the
         // possibility of an invalid gProcess object forked by another thread