diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hp300.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hp300.c
index afffe4d1f034..b4882082b247 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hp300.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_hp300.c
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ extern int hp300_uart_scode;
 /*
  * Parse the bootinfo to find descriptions for headless console and
  * debug serial ports and register them with the 8250 driver.
- * This function should be called before serial_console_init() is called
- * to make sure the serial console will be available for use. IA-64 kernel
- * calls this function from setup_arch() after the EFI and ACPI tables have
- * been parsed.
  */
 int __init hp300_setup_serial_console(void)
 {