diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index fe9f773d71146c82ad9c543ab0456490c9bebd0f..b1c9034bdfcb060ca7977a507f6b32dd7f8da1a1 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function_single);
  * @wait: If true, wait until function has completed.
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code (if no cpus were online).
- * Note that @wait will be implicitly turned on in case of allocation failures,
- * since we fall back to on-stack allocation.
  *
  * Selection preference:
  *	1) current cpu if in @mask