diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
index b602faf283676650c682b6a1100669d4aed9d4fc..ff38592134f5cd189eeef5cc5e180a0cfe2ad987 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic.c
@@ -2195,10 +2195,6 @@ int drm_mode_atomic_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_TEST_ONLY) {
-		/*
-		 * Unlike commit, check_only does not clean up state.
-		 * Below we call drm_atomic_state_put for it.
-		 */
 		ret = drm_atomic_check_only(state);
 	} else if (arg->flags & DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_NONBLOCK) {
 		ret = drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit(state);