diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 5cd75e2dab2c17377d7250680c6b32717fe9cce9..99f00d39d10b7a9873ba565c45a485620c418c83 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static void nl_fib_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	nl_fib_lookup(frn, tb);
 
-	portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;      /* pid of sending process */
+	portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;      /* netlink portid */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;        /* from kernel */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 0;  /* unicast */
 	netlink_unicast(net->ipv4.fibnl, skb, portid, MSG_DONTWAIT);