diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index a16c179f2b9a..ede03752b96f 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ struct inode *nilfs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, int mode)
 				    nilfs_init_acl(), proper cancellation of
 				    above jobs should be considered */
 
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	return inode;
 
  failed_acl:
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
index ed02e886fa79..01adda823297 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/namei.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int nilfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 		goto out_fail;
 
 	/* mark_inode_dirty(inode); */
-	/* nilfs_new_inode() and page_symlink() do this */
+	/* page_symlink() do this */
 
 	err = nilfs_add_nondir(dentry, inode);
 out: