diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 8d00c2638bed..a9f5aed32d39 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1635,7 +1635,6 @@ unsigned int atapi_eh_request_sense(struct ata_device *dev,
 
 	DPRINTK("ATAPI request sense\n");
 
-	/* FIXME: is this needed? */
 	memset(sense_buf, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
 
 	/* initialize sense_buf with the error register,