diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 582ca731a6c90988acb1dac49d1127d46e2dca50..484ce674e0cdd18b0f501391f21551684643d9f0 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	int err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&MSDOS_SB(sb)->s_lock);
-	/*
-	 * Check whether the directory is not in use, then check
-	 * whether it is empty.
-	 */
 	err = fat_dir_empty(inode);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;