diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index acf44075ba40..f599ad44ed24 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -662,9 +662,9 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 		skb = skb_peek(&ssk->sk_receive_queue);
 		if (!skb) {
-			/* if no data is found, a racing workqueue/recvmsg
-			 * already processed the new data, stop here or we
-			 * can enter an infinite loop
+			/* With racing move_skbs_to_msk() and __mptcp_move_skbs(),
+			 * a different CPU can have already processed the pending
+			 * data, stop here or we can enter an infinite loop
 			 */
 			if (!moved)
 				done = true;
@@ -672,9 +672,9 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		}
 
 		if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk)) {
-			/* if we are running under the workqueue, TCP could have
-			 * collapsed skbs between dummy map creation and now
-			 * be sure to adjust the size
+			/* Under fallback skbs have no MPTCP extension and TCP could
+			 * collapse them between the dummy map creation and the
+			 * current dequeue. Be sure to adjust the map size.
 			 */
 			map_remaining = skb->len;
 			subflow->map_data_len = skb->len;
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ static __poll_t mptcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 		mask |= EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM | EPOLLRDHUP;
 
-	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_wmb() in tcp_reset() */
+	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_wmb() in __mptcp_error_report() */
 	smp_rmb();
 	if (sk->sk_err)
 		mask |= EPOLLERR;