diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 8b671fe68afa..adb7cad3e6ee 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ int root_mountflags = MS_RDONLY | MS_SILENT;
 char * __initdata root_device_name;
 static char __initdata saved_root_name[64];
 
-/* this is initialized in init/main.c */
 dev_t ROOT_DEV;
 
 static int __init load_ramdisk(char *str)