diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 9150fe2c9b26..4c155ee0f89e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -1252,10 +1252,6 @@ __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code,
 	tsk = current;
 	mm = tsk->mm;
 
-	/*
-	 * Detect and handle instructions that would cause a page fault for
-	 * both a tracked kernel page and a userspace page.
-	 */
 	prefetchw(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
 	if (unlikely(kmmio_fault(regs, address)))