diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9ed5e2818f80..631cfdd45c68 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ int inode_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	/* Ordinary permission routines do not understand MAY_APPEND. */
 	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->permission)
 		retval = inode->i_op->permission(inode, mask);
 	else