diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 6dcaa5294f1e..0cb0e12f87c7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -2248,8 +2248,6 @@ static ssize_t n_tty_read(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 				nr--;
 			}
 
-			/* The copy function takes the read lock and handles
-			   locking internally for this case */
 			uncopied = copy_from_read_buf(tty, &b, &nr);
 			uncopied += copy_from_read_buf(tty, &b, &nr);
 			if (uncopied) {