diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
index aacf10decdbd..9c92053e704d 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
@@ -416,9 +416,7 @@ void blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter(struct request_queue *q, busy_iter_fn *fn,
 	/*
 	 * __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() updates nr_hw_queues and queue_hw_ctx
 	 * while the queue is frozen. So we can use q_usage_counter to avoid
-	 * racing with it. __blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues() uses
-	 * synchronize_rcu() to ensure this function left the critical section
-	 * below.
+	 * racing with it.
 	 */
 	if (!percpu_ref_tryget(&q->q_usage_counter))
 		return;