diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index 347015515a7de68a09d935e2b4a1baad3479cc03..21a5243fecd160825deb50fbe8e5bdfc1d4d39dc 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ reqsk_alloc(const struct request_sock_ops *ops, struct sock *sk_listener,
 
 static inline void reqsk_free(struct request_sock *req)
 {
-	/* temporary debugging */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount_read(&req->rsk_refcnt) != 0);
 
 	req->rsk_ops->destructor(req);