diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index c6f1afa5ec04..8d263209b508 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -1526,6 +1526,13 @@ static inline bool io_should_trigger_evfd(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	return !ctx->eventfd_async || io_wq_current_is_worker();
 }
 
+/*
+ * This should only get called when at least one event has been posted.
+ * Some applications rely on the eventfd notification count only changing
+ * IFF a new CQE has been added to the CQ ring. There's no depedency on
+ * 1:1 relationship between how many times this function is called (and
+ * hence the eventfd count) and number of CQEs posted to the CQ ring.
+ */
 static void io_cqring_ev_posted(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	/*