diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 50fee7689e71..bdaa69d23a8a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1793,9 +1793,7 @@ rcu_start_future_gp(struct rcu_node *rnp, struct rcu_data *rdp,
 
 /*
  * Clean up any old requests for the just-ended grace period.  Also return
- * whether any additional grace periods have been requested.  Also invoke
- * rcu_nocb_gp_cleanup() in order to wake up any no-callbacks kthreads
- * waiting for this grace period to complete.
+ * whether any additional grace periods have been requested.
  */
 static int rcu_future_gp_cleanup(struct rcu_state *rsp, struct rcu_node *rnp)
 {