diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 1dd62ed35b85..bd8ac164a3bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ static struct inode *ext2_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	if (ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
 
-	/* iget isn't really right if the inode is currently unallocated!!
-	 * ext2_read_inode currently does appropriate checks, but
-	 * it might be "neater" to call ext2_get_inode first and check
-	 * if the inode is valid.....
+	/*
+	 * ext2_iget isn't quite right if the inode is currently unallocated!
+	 * However ext2_iget currently does appropriate checks to handle stale
+	 * inodes so everything is OK.
 	 */
 	inode = ext2_iget(sb, ino);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))