diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index a6342c899be5..f3d3e9646a99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup_64)
 
 	/* Set up %gs.
 	 *
-	 * The base of %gs always points to the bottom of the irqstack
-	 * union.  If the stack protector canary is enabled, it is
-	 * located at %gs:40.  Note that, on SMP, the boot cpu uses
-	 * init data section till per cpu areas are set up.
+	 * The base of %gs always points to fixed_percpu_data. If the
+	 * stack protector canary is enabled, it is located at %gs:40.
+	 * Note that, on SMP, the boot cpu uses init data section until
+	 * the per cpu areas are set up.
 	 */
 	movl	$MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
 	movl	initial_gs(%rip),%eax