diff --git a/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c b/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
index d342fde7d052..2ba558f81b5b 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/raw_ip6.c
@@ -338,12 +338,6 @@ rip6_output(m, va_alist)
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	in6p = sotoin6pcb(so);
-	/*
-	 * XXXRW: In IPv6, we don't start referencing the contents of the
-	 * inpcb until after all M_TRYWAIT allocations have finished.  We may
-	 * want to reorder this function to provide similar guarantees here,
-	 * so as to avoid holding a mutex over M_TRYWAIT.
-	 */
 	INP_LOCK(in6p);
 	stickyopt = in6p->in6p_outputopts;