diff --git a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
index 116c71b80e4d..7dd540a24187 100644
--- a/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/sparc64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required)
 device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
 #device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
 device		cd		# CD
-#device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
+device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
 #device		ses		# SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)
 
 # RAID controllers