diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index acdde93b74d7..612bec255c6c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -873,11 +873,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
 	ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
 	ei->i_disksize = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't inherit extent flag from directory, amongst others. We set
-	 * extent flag on newly created directory and file only if -o extent
-	 * mount option is specified
-	 */
+	/* Don't inherit extent flag from directory, amongst others. */
 	ei->i_flags =
 		ext4_mask_flags(mode, EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT4_FL_INHERITED);
 	ei->i_file_acl = 0;