diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index d67db4bd672d..90bb6d9409bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ static void hugetlb_free_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgd_t *pgd,
 
 /*
  * This function frees user-level page tables of a process.
- *
- * Must be called with pagetable lock held.
  */
 void hugetlb_free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			    unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 1f2287eaa88e..15744b2cf919 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -453,8 +453,6 @@ static inline void free_pud_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgd_t *pgd,
 
 /*
  * This function frees user-level page tables of a process.
- *
- * Must be called with pagetable lock held.
  */
 void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 			unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,