diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index 973eef234b36..274b0eea0607 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ static void dup_variable_bug(efi_char16_t *str16, efi_guid_t *vendor_guid,
  * efivar_init - build the initial list of EFI variables
  * @func: callback function to invoke for every variable
  * @data: function-specific data to pass to @func
- * @atomic: do we need to execute the @func-loop atomically?
  * @duplicates: error if we encounter duplicates on @head?
  * @head: initialised head of variable list
  *