diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index 0e6fe20c69a2..8b628580fe11 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void smp_callin(void)
 	set_cpu_online(curr_cpuid, true);
 
 	/*
-	 * Remote cache and TLB flushes are ignored while the CPU is offline,
-	 * so flush them both right now just in case.
+	 * Remote instruction cache and TLB flushes are ignored while the CPU
+	 * is offline, so flush them both right now just in case.
 	 */
 	local_flush_icache_all();
 	local_flush_tlb_all();