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diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index d397af38f9ce..6f203574ca1d 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -858,13 +858,10 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
undo_isolate_page_range(pfn, pfn + nr_pages, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
/*
- * When exposing larger, physically contiguous memory areas to the
- * buddy, shuffling in the buddy (when freeing onlined pages, putting
- * them either to the head or the tail of the freelist) is only helpful
- * for maintaining the shuffle, but not for creating the initial
- * shuffle. Shuffle the whole zone to make sure the just onlined pages
- * are properly distributed across the whole freelist. Make sure to
- * shuffle once pageblocks are no longer isolated.
+ * Freshly onlined pages aren't shuffled (e.g., all pages are placed to
+ * the tail of the freelist when undoing isolation). Shuffle the whole
+ * zone to make sure the just onlined pages are properly distributed
+ * across the whole freelist - to create an initial shuffle.
*/
shuffle_zone(zone);