diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
index 013485fb2b06b9f499d0673a36bf8f62d5e72607..a983bc68a1469467001caccf22b4dd06ff6978cb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h
@@ -1061,8 +1061,7 @@ static int rcu_boost(struct rcu_node *rnp)
 }
 
 /*
- * Priority-boosting kthread.  One per leaf rcu_node and one for the
- * root rcu_node.
+ * Priority-boosting kthread, one per leaf rcu_node.
  */
 static int rcu_boost_kthread(void *arg)
 {