diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 894ed7180bffca722ca1cf38e8f6cfe486d1e191..b78cf8194957644b05908807839b0ed570802310 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ typedef irqreturn_t (*irq_handler_t)(int, void *);
  * struct irqaction - per interrupt action descriptor
  * @handler:	interrupt handler function
  * @flags:	flags (see IRQF_* above)
- * @mask:	no comment as it is useless and about to be removed
  * @name:	name of the device
  * @dev_id:	cookie to identify the device
  * @next:	pointer to the next irqaction for shared interrupts