diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
index 4498a068a5a75ae7e78be534349d8edf4c9021b3..68a27b2d3654c9cb6c229c83ca6534fa967dfad2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ static gen6_gtt_pte_t byt_pte_encode(dma_addr_t addr,
 	gen6_gtt_pte_t pte = valid ? GEN6_PTE_VALID : 0;
 	pte |= GEN6_PTE_ADDR_ENCODE(addr);
 
-	/* Mark the page as writeable.  Other platforms don't have a
-	 * setting for read-only/writable, so this matches that behavior.
-	 */
 	if (!(flags & PTE_READ_ONLY))
 		pte |= BYT_PTE_WRITEABLE;