diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c
index 6dcebcfd71e7..80861ac090ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix.c
@@ -1550,11 +1550,6 @@ static int felix_connect_tag_protocol(struct dsa_switch *ds,
 	}
 }
 
-/* Hardware initialization done here so that we can allocate structures with
- * devm without fear of dsa_register_switch returning -EPROBE_DEFER and causing
- * us to allocate structures twice (leak memory) and map PCI memory twice
- * (which will not work).
- */
 static int felix_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 {
 	struct ocelot *ocelot = ds->priv;