diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bug.h b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
index 20561a60db9c..0e9bd9c83870 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bug.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bug.h
@@ -211,9 +211,6 @@ void __warn(const char *file, int line, void *caller, unsigned taint,
 /*
  * WARN_ON_SMP() is for cases that the warning is either
  * meaningless for !SMP or may even cause failures.
- * This is usually used for cases that we have
- * WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&lock)) checks, as spin_is_locked()
- * returns 0 for uniprocessor settings.
  * It can also be used with values that are only defined
  * on SMP:
  *