diff --git a/cinder/volume/manager.py b/cinder/volume/manager.py
index a5248a50336..aae000dd2ab 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/manager.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/manager.py
@@ -2646,7 +2646,20 @@ class VolumeManager(manager.CleanableManager,
                         resource={'type': 'driver',
                                   'id': self.driver.__class__.__name__})
         else:
-            volume_stats = self.driver.get_volume_stats(refresh=True)
+            slowmsg = "The " + self.driver.__class__.__name__ + " volume " \
+                      "driver's get_volume_stats operation ran for " \
+                      "%(seconds).1f seconds.  This may indicate a " \
+                      "performance problem with the backend which can lead " \
+                      "to instability."
+
+            @timeutils.time_it(
+                LOG, log_level=logging.WARN, message=slowmsg,
+                min_duration=CONF.backend_stats_polling_interval / 2)
+            def get_stats():
+                return self.driver.get_volume_stats(refresh=True)
+
+            volume_stats = get_stats()
+
             if self.extra_capabilities:
                 volume_stats.update(self.extra_capabilities)
             if volume_stats:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/slow-get-volume-stats-91b84c6e661dc605.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/slow-get-volume-stats-91b84c6e661dc605.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d0c82b4d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/slow-get-volume-stats-91b84c6e661dc605.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Log a warning from the volume service when a volume driver's
+    get_volume_stats() call takes a long time to return.  This can help
+    deployers troubleshoot a cinder-volume service misbehaving due to a
+    driver/backend performance issue.