diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
index 406d0c4620f61afb69030446804ec90186135935..9dfad585d413ec449502a5c44076af7f6c7c2b1c 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -1595,12 +1595,6 @@ nfsd4_decode_compound(struct nfsd4_compoundargs *argp)
 	bool cachethis = false;
 	int i;
 
-	/*
-	 * XXX: According to spec, we should check the tag
-	 * for UTF-8 compliance.  I'm postponing this for
-	 * now because it seems that some clients do use
-	 * binary tags.
-	 */
 	READ_BUF(4);
 	READ32(argp->taglen);
 	READ_BUF(argp->taglen + 8);