diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 8a217c48f6db..a996bb48dfab 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4024,7 +4024,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(link, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newname
  * The worst of all namespace operations - renaming directory. "Perverted"
  * doesn't even start to describe it. Somebody in UCB had a heck of a trip...
  * Problems:
- *	a) we can get into loop creation. Check is done in is_subdir().
+ *	a) we can get into loop creation.
  *	b) race potential - two innocent renames can create a loop together.
  *	   That's where 4.4 screws up. Current fix: serialization on
  *	   sb->s_vfs_rename_mutex. We might be more accurate, but that's another