diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 766d4c47a4a49..77729cc3750b0 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ void tick_check_idle(int cpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
 /*
  * We rearm the timer until we get disabled by the idle code.
- * Called with interrupts disabled and timer->base->cpu_base->lock held.
+ * Called with interrupts disabled.
  */
 static enum hrtimer_restart tick_sched_timer(struct hrtimer *timer)
 {