diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 9a1d940342ac4ae0ec30aeaeb6ed67bc70ceefa2..2aef1e4ce60a0c557ff47d43a8b5a67a52f47c15 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -430,10 +430,9 @@ static void driver_sysfs_remove(struct device *dev)
  * Allow manual attachment of a driver to a device.
  * Caller must have already set @dev->driver.
  *
- * Note that this does not modify the bus reference count
- * nor take the bus's rwsem. Please verify those are accounted
- * for before calling this. (It is ok to call with no other effort
- * from a driver's probe() method.)
+ * Note that this does not modify the bus reference count.
+ * Please verify that is accounted for before calling this.
+ * (It is ok to call with no other effort from a driver's probe() method.)
  *
  * This function must be called with the device lock held.
  */