diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 5b0f93f73837..4927c6653f15 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -389,12 +389,6 @@ restart:
 	} else
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * Updating the timestamps will grab the ilock again from
-	 * xfs_fs_dirty_inode, so we have to call it after dropping the
-	 * lock above.  Eventually we should look into a way to avoid
-	 * the pointless lock roundtrip.
-	 */
 	return file_modified(file);
 }