diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/ftrace.c
index 3b0c2aa0785733e5d26024a97a0ad63a580e6600..cee411e647ca05fd27f6b1b0d025648ed619001c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -97,13 +97,11 @@ ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned char *old_code,
 	unsigned char replaced[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
 
 	/*
-	 * Note: Due to modules and __init, code can
-	 *  disappear and change, we need to protect against faulting
-	 *  as well as code changing. We do this by using the
-	 *  probe_kernel_* functions.
-	 *
-	 * No real locking needed, this code is run through
-	 * kstop_machine, or before SMP starts.
+	 * Note:
+	 * We are paranoid about modifying text, as if a bug was to happen, it
+	 * could cause us to read or write to someplace that could cause harm.
+	 * Carefully read and modify the code with probe_kernel_*(), and make
+	 * sure what we read is what we expected it to be before modifying it.
 	 */
 
 	if (!do_check)