diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index fe3d4d0dcbed..eba94f68585a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -282,10 +282,6 @@ static int get_tjmax(struct temp_data *tdata, struct device *dev)
 			dev_warn(dev, "Unable to read TjMax from CPU %u\n", tdata->cpu);
 	} else {
 		val = (eax >> 16) & 0xff;
-		/*
-		 * If the TjMax is not plausible, an assumption
-		 * will be used
-		 */
 		if (val)
 			return val * 1000;
 	}