diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
index f6733267fa9c..a997c7d3f95d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pxa.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,6 @@ static int i2c_pxa_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	spin_lock_init(&i2c->lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&i2c->wait);
 
-	/*
-	 * If "dev->id" is negative we consider it as zero.
-	 * The reason to do so is to avoid sysfs names that only make
-	 * sense when there are multiple adapters.
-	 */
 	i2c->adap.nr = dev->id;
 	snprintf(i2c->adap.name, sizeof(i2c->adap.name), "pxa_i2c-i2c.%u",
 		 i2c->adap.nr);