1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
index b7e6b4cb374b..d14692e0920a 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ cpu_init (void)
         ia64_set_kr(IA64_KR_PT_BASE, __pa(ia64_imva(empty_zero_page)));
 
         /*
-         * Initialize default control register to defer all speculative faults.  The
+         * Initialize default control register to defer speculative faults except
+         * for those arising from TLB misses, which are not deferred.  The
          * kernel MUST NOT depend on a particular setting of these bits (in other words,
          * the kernel must have recovery code for all speculative accesses).  Turn on
          * dcr.lc as per recommendation by the architecture team.  Most IA-32 apps