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diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index 6658d9ee5257..864d167a1073 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ static inline bool __ref_is_percpu(struct percpu_ref *ref,
* when using it as a pointer, __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC may be set in
* between contaminating the pointer value, meaning that
* READ_ONCE() is required when fetching it.
+ *
+ * The smp_read_barrier_depends() implied by READ_ONCE() pairs
+ * with smp_store_release() in __percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu().
*/
percpu_ptr = READ_ONCE(ref->percpu_count_ptr);
- /* paired with smp_store_release() in __percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu() */
- smp_read_barrier_depends();
-
/*
* Theoretically, the following could test just ATOMIC; however,
* then we'd have to mask off DEAD separately as DEAD may be