diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index a4f69d399929..39da3812bf47 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -295,12 +295,6 @@ struct page *pfn_to_online_page(unsigned long pfn)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pfn_to_online_page);
 
-/*
- * Reasonably generic function for adding memory.  It is
- * expected that archs that support memory hotplug will
- * call this function after deciding the zone to which to
- * add the new pages.
- */
 int __ref __add_pages(int nid, unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		struct mhp_params *params)
 {