diff --git a/include/asm-i386/system.h b/include/asm-i386/system.h
index 609756c616769194763fb3b17dbf046ca3c25059..d69ba937e09251769e2f00d54c0c91562a4127e8 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/system.h
@@ -214,11 +214,6 @@ static inline unsigned long get_limit(unsigned long segment)
  */
  
 
-/* 
- * Actually only lfence would be needed for mb() because all stores done 
- * by the kernel should be already ordered. But keep a full barrier for now. 
- */
-
 #define mb() alternative("lock; addl $0,0(%%esp)", "mfence", X86_FEATURE_XMM2)
 #define rmb() alternative("lock; addl $0,0(%%esp)", "lfence", X86_FEATURE_XMM2)