diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index b5c609b68b..131ba6b4a8 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void aio_set_fd_handler(AioContext *ctx,
             g_source_remove_poll(&ctx->source, &node->pfd);
         }
 
-        /* If the lock is held, just mark the node as deleted */
+        /* If a read is in progress, just mark the node as deleted */
         if (qemu_lockcnt_count(&ctx->list_lock)) {
             node->deleted = 1;
             node->pfd.revents = 0;