diff --git a/io_uring/poll.c b/io_uring/poll.c
index 58e02d963961..8fb8e781c02d 100644
--- a/io_uring/poll.c
+++ b/io_uring/poll.c
@@ -324,12 +324,7 @@ static void io_apoll_task_func(struct io_kiocb *req, bool *locked)
 static void __io_poll_execute(struct io_kiocb *req, int mask)
 {
 	io_req_set_res(req, mask, 0);
-	/*
-	 * This is useful for poll that is armed on behalf of another
-	 * request, and where the wakeup path could be on a different
-	 * CPU. We want to avoid pulling in req->apoll->events for that
-	 * case.
-	 */
+
 	if (req->opcode == IORING_OP_POLL_ADD)
 		req->io_task_work.func = io_poll_task_func;
 	else