diff --git a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
index 23e89c5930e9..4d60986fcbee 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ do {									\
  * If the lock has already been acquired, then this will proceed to spin
  * on this node->locked until the previous lock holder sets the node->locked
  * in mcs_spin_unlock().
- *
- * We don't inline mcs_spin_lock() so that perf can correctly account for the
- * time spent in this lock function.
  */
 static inline
 void mcs_spin_lock(struct mcs_spinlock **lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)