diff --git a/kernel/sched/wait.c b/kernel/sched/wait.c
index 928be527477e..a7a2aaa3026a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/wait.c
@@ -392,35 +392,36 @@ static inline bool is_kthread_should_stop(void)
  *     if (condition)
  *         break;
  *
- *     p->state = mode;				condition = true;
- *     smp_mb(); // A				smp_wmb(); // C
- *     if (!wq_entry->flags & WQ_FLAG_WOKEN)	wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;
- *         schedule()				try_to_wake_up();
- *     p->state = TASK_RUNNING;		    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- *     wq_entry->flags &= ~WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;		condition = true;
- *     smp_mb() // B				smp_wmb(); // C
- *						wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;
- * }
- * remove_wait_queue(&wq_head, &wait);
+ *     // in wait_woken()			// in woken_wake_function()
  *
+ *     p->state = mode;				wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;
+ *     smp_mb(); // A				try_to_wake_up():
+ *     if (!(wq_entry->flags & WQ_FLAG_WOKEN))	   <full barrier>
+ *         schedule()				   if (p->state & mode)
+ *     p->state = TASK_RUNNING;			      p->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+ *     wq_entry->flags &= ~WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *     smp_mb(); // B				condition = true;
+ * }						smp_mb(); // C
+ * remove_wait_queue(&wq_head, &wait);		wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;
  */
 long wait_woken(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, long timeout)
 {
-	set_current_state(mode); /* A */
 	/*
-	 * The above implies an smp_mb(), which matches with the smp_wmb() from
-	 * woken_wake_function() such that if we observe WQ_FLAG_WOKEN we must
-	 * also observe all state before the wakeup.
+	 * The below executes an smp_mb(), which matches with the full barrier
+	 * executed by the try_to_wake_up() in woken_wake_function() such that
+	 * either we see the store to wq_entry->flags in woken_wake_function()
+	 * or woken_wake_function() sees our store to current->state.
 	 */
+	set_current_state(mode); /* A */
 	if (!(wq_entry->flags & WQ_FLAG_WOKEN) && !is_kthread_should_stop())
 		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 	/*
-	 * The below implies an smp_mb(), it too pairs with the smp_wmb() from
-	 * woken_wake_function() such that we must either observe the wait
-	 * condition being true _OR_ WQ_FLAG_WOKEN such that we will not miss
-	 * an event.
+	 * The below executes an smp_mb(), which matches with the smp_mb() (C)
+	 * in woken_wake_function() such that either we see the wait condition
+	 * being true or the store to wq_entry->flags in woken_wake_function()
+	 * follows ours in the coherence order.
 	 */
 	smp_store_mb(wq_entry->flags, wq_entry->flags & ~WQ_FLAG_WOKEN); /* B */
 
@@ -430,14 +431,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_woken);
 
 int woken_wake_function(struct wait_queue_entry *wq_entry, unsigned mode, int sync, void *key)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Although this function is called under waitqueue lock, LOCK
-	 * doesn't imply write barrier and the users expects write
-	 * barrier semantics on wakeup functions.  The following
-	 * smp_wmb() is equivalent to smp_wmb() in try_to_wake_up()
-	 * and is paired with smp_store_mb() in wait_woken().
-	 */
-	smp_wmb(); /* C */
+	/* Pairs with the smp_store_mb() in wait_woken(). */
+	smp_mb(); /* C */
 	wq_entry->flags |= WQ_FLAG_WOKEN;
 
 	return default_wake_function(wq_entry, mode, sync, key);