diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
index c94768b096a3..24534db87e86 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4callback.c
@@ -1243,6 +1243,12 @@ static struct nfsd4_conn * __nfsd4_find_backchannel(struct nfs4_client *clp)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note there isn't a lot of locking in this code; instead we depend on
+ * the fact that it is run from the callback_wq, which won't run two
+ * work items at once.  So, for example, callback_wq handles all access
+ * of cl_cb_client and all calls to rpc_create or rpc_shutdown_client.
+ */
 static void nfsd4_process_cb_update(struct nfsd4_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct nfs4_cb_conn conn;