1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index bb73ed2d20b9..acf006f2d61a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1894,8 +1894,10 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
                  * 'align' will only take the values 0 or 2 here
                  * since all frames are required to be aligned
                  * to 2-byte boundaries when being passed to
-                 * mac80211. That also explains the __skb_push()
-                 * below.
+                 * mac80211; the code here works just as well if
+                 * that isn't true, but mac80211 assumes it can
+                 * access fields as 2-byte aligned (e.g. for
+                 * compare_ether_addr)
                  */
                 align = ((unsigned long)(skb->data + sizeof(struct ethhdr))) & 3;
                 if (align) {