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diff --git a/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h b/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
index bb424c8a05..4ab8553afc 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
+++ b/accel/tcg/tb-jmp-cache.h
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 #define TB_JMP_CACHE_SIZE (1 << TB_JMP_CACHE_BITS)
 
 /*
- * Accessed in parallel; all accesses to 'tb' must be atomic.
- * For CF_PCREL, accesses to 'pc' must be protected by a
- * load_acquire/store_release to 'tb'.
+ * Invalidated in parallel; all accesses to 'tb' must be atomic.
+ * A valid entry is read/written by a single CPU, therefore there is
+ * no need for qatomic_rcu_read() and pc is always consistent with a
+ * non-NULL value of 'tb'.  Strictly speaking pc is only needed for
+ * CF_PCREL, but it's used always for simplicity.
  */
 struct CPUJumpCache {
     struct rcu_head rcu;