diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 96d4a2b23d0fe233a5f84849c92ada268d5d0451..5530bb55a78b05f325414bf4d5569885ef78afab 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void __init early_setup(unsigned long dt_ptr)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 void early_setup_secondary(void)
 {
-	/* Mark interrupts enabled in PACA */
+	/* Mark interrupts disabled in PACA */
 	get_paca()->soft_enabled = 0;
 
 	/* Initialize the hash table or TLB handling */