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diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 52075633373..b766d28accd 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -826,10 +826,9 @@ static int wake_futex_pi(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 uval, struct futex_q *this)
new_owner = rt_mutex_next_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
/*
- * This happens when we have stolen the lock and the original
- * pending owner did not enqueue itself back on the rt_mutex.
- * Thats not a tragedy. We know that way, that a lock waiter
- * is on the fly. We make the futex_q waiter the pending owner.
+ * It is possible that the next waiter (the one that brought
+ * this owner to the kernel) timed out and is no longer
+ * waiting on the lock.
*/
if (!new_owner)
new_owner = this->task;