diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
index fb34ff641e0a..028189575560 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ do {								\
 	unreachable();						\
 } while (0)
 
+/*
+ * This instrumentation_begin() is strictly speaking incorrect; but it
+ * suppresses the complaints from WARN()s in noinstr code. If such a WARN()
+ * were to trigger, we'd rather wreck the machine in an attempt to get the
+ * message out than not know about it.
+ */
 #define __WARN_FLAGS(flags)					\
 do {								\
 	instrumentation_begin();				\