diff --git a/kernel/time.c b/kernel/time.c
index 73e416db0a1e..ba744cf80696 100644
--- a/kernel/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time.c
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ int do_sys_settimeofday(const struct timespec *tv, const struct timezone *tz)
 		return error;
 
 	if (tz) {
-		/* SMP safe, global irq locking makes it work. */
 		sys_tz = *tz;
 		update_vsyscall_tz();
 		if (firsttime) {
@@ -173,12 +172,7 @@ int do_sys_settimeofday(const struct timespec *tv, const struct timezone *tz)
 		}
 	}
 	if (tv)
-	{
-		/* SMP safe, again the code in arch/foo/time.c should
-		 * globally block out interrupts when it runs.
-		 */
 		return do_settimeofday(tv);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }