diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
index 6d3fbc3401..b17f169681 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
@@ -525,7 +525,13 @@ void riscv_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
             ((async && (env->mtvec & 3) == 1) ? cause * 4 : 0);
         riscv_cpu_set_mode(env, PRV_M);
     }
-    /* TODO yield load reservation  */
+
+    /* NOTE: it is not necessary to yield load reservations here. It is only
+     * necessary for an SC from "another hart" to cause a load reservation
+     * to be yielded. Refer to the memory consistency model section of the
+     * RISC-V ISA Specification.
+     */
+
 #endif
     cs->exception_index = EXCP_NONE; /* mark handled to qemu */
 }