diff --git a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
index 0f313f93c586f8e60e2c39cf5d1b99ae48b1f6cd..65a517dd32f7ad0e23ce5ed69129be657d3b3fdf 100644
--- a/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
+++ b/include/linux/fsnotify_backend.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ struct fsnotify_fname;
  * Each group much define these ops.  The fsnotify infrastructure will call
  * these operations for each relevant group.
  *
- * should_send_event - given a group, inode, and mask this function determines
- *		if the group is interested in this event.
  * handle_event - main call for a group to handle an fs event
  * free_group_priv - called when a group refcnt hits 0 to clean up the private union
  * freeing_mark - called when a mark is being destroyed for some reason.  The group