diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index a87da524a4a01ad288e10e9648593d8934adb4fc..7520ef0bfd47932653948f0f3b047abd021d2ef1 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -404,9 +404,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 		/*
 		 * In the following loop we are going to check whether we have
 		 * some work to do without any synchronization with tasks
-		 * waking us up to do work for them. So we have to set task
-		 * state already here so that we don't miss wakeups coming
-		 * after we verify some condition.
+		 * waking us up to do work for them. Set the task state here
+		 * so that we don't miss wakeups after verifying conditions.
 		 */
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);