diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index abc1c5fb7222..213ff90903a6 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -4391,7 +4391,6 @@ follow_huge_pud(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 
 /*
  * This function is called from memory failure code.
- * Assume the caller holds page lock of the head page.
  */
 int dequeue_hwpoisoned_huge_page(struct page *hpage)
 {
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 11de752ccaf5..de88f33519c0 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -741,8 +741,6 @@ static int me_huge_page(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn)
 	 * page->lru because it can be used in other hugepage operations,
 	 * such as __unmap_hugepage_range() and gather_surplus_pages().
 	 * So instead we use page_mapping() and PageAnon().
-	 * We assume that this function is called with page lock held,
-	 * so there is no race between isolation and mapping/unmapping.
 	 */
 	if (!(page_mapping(hpage) || PageAnon(hpage))) {
 		res = dequeue_hwpoisoned_huge_page(hpage);