diff --git a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
index 1f299a056d848cb8c498590218e2822f091c91a4..8c2434cd09415e8d90526f516e5f17a9e6979d90 100644
--- a/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
+++ b/src/security/virt-aa-helper.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         vah_error(ctl, 1, _("could not set PATH"));
     }
 
+    /* ensure the traditional IFS setting */
     if (setenv("IFS", " \t\n", 1) != 0) {
         vah_error(ctl, 1, _("could not set IFS"));
     }