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diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index c326d6dceee..7de9c984f69 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1054,12 +1054,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys_setsid(void)
if (group_leader->signal->leader)
goto out;
- /* Fail if a process group id already exists that equals the proposed
- * session id.
+ /* Fail if a process group id already exists that equals the
+ * proposed session id.
*
- * Don't check if session == 1 because kernel threads and CLONE_NEWPID
- * tasks use this session id and so the check will always fail and make
- * it so init cannot successfully call setsid.
+ * Don't check if session == 1, clone(CLONE_NEWPID) creates
+ * this group/session beforehand.
*/
if (session != 1 && pid_task(sid, PIDTYPE_PGID))
goto out;