diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 4f8720243ae7..13723736d38f 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -457,18 +457,6 @@ void __weak vmalloc_sync_all(void)
 {
 }
 
-/**
- *	alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
- *	@size:		size of the area
- *
- *	Returns:	NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
- *
- *	This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
- *	allocates pagetables to map that range.  No actual mappings
- *	are created.  If the kernel address space is not shared
- *	between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
- *	processes.
- */
 struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t **ptes)
 {
 	BUG();