diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index bd18f60e4c6c..43229f8999fc 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ static void mark_wake_futex(struct wake_q_head *wake_q, struct futex_q *q)
 
 	/*
 	 * Queue the task for later wakeup for after we've released
-	 * the hb->lock. wake_q_add() grabs reference to p.
+	 * the hb->lock.
 	 */
 	wake_q_add_safe(wake_q, p);
 }