diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index bb7a2e0b959cade588f23509c9cc346c37b6198e..baab2c0d96ba5c1efeffecae4f07b7f20beac8cc 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1449,9 +1449,8 @@ static int follow_dotdot(struct nameidata *nd)
 }
 
 /*
- * This looks up the name in dcache, possibly revalidates the old dentry and
- * allocates a new one if not found or not valid.  In the need_lookup argument
- * returns whether i_op->lookup is necessary.
+ * This looks up the name in dcache and possibly revalidates the found dentry.
+ * NULL is returned if the dentry does not exist in the cache.
  */
 static struct dentry *lookup_dcache(const struct qstr *name,
 				    struct dentry *dir,