diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 619972c78774..3028b2218aa4 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -286,12 +286,6 @@ static int pid_ns_ctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	if (write && !checkpoint_restore_ns_capable(pid_ns->user_ns))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	/*
-	 * Writing directly to ns' last_pid field is OK, since this field
-	 * is volatile in a living namespace anyway and a code writing to
-	 * it should synchronize its usage with external means.
-	 */
-
 	next = idr_get_cursor(&pid_ns->idr) - 1;
 
 	tmp.data = &next;