diff --git a/kernel/pid.c b/kernel/pid.c
index b08e697cd83f0944747d5624698d356cf0288090..86b296943e5f274c2b4965a73275661a4c6c727e 100644
--- a/kernel/pid.c
+++ b/kernel/pid.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ struct task_struct *pid_task(struct pid *pid, enum pid_type type)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pid_task);
 
 /*
- * Must be called under rcu_read_lock() or with tasklist_lock read-held.
+ * Must be called under rcu_read_lock().
  */
 struct task_struct *find_task_by_pid_ns(pid_t nr, struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {