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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
index 6988eb8695f1..1c94be588716 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
@@ -862,6 +862,10 @@ err_unroll_cqinit:
/**
* ice_deinit_hw - unroll initialization operations done by ice_init_hw
* @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
+ *
+ * This should be called only during nominal operation, not as a result of
+ * ice_init_hw() failing since ice_init_hw() will take care of unrolling
+ * applicable initializations if it fails for any reason.
*/
void ice_deinit_hw(struct ice_hw *hw)
{