diff --git a/arch/arc/core/regular_irq.S b/arch/arc/core/regular_irq.S
index d2f95501f1c..8d9a6f83469 100644
--- a/arch/arc/core/regular_irq.S
+++ b/arch/arc/core/regular_irq.S
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ SECTION_FUNC(TEXT, _rirq_exit)
 	mov r1, _kernel
 	ld_s r2, [r1, _kernel_offset_to_current]
 
-	/*
-	 * Lock interrupts to ensure kernel queues do not change from this
-	 * point on until return from interrupt.
-	 */
-
 	/*
 	 * Both (a)reschedule and (b)non-reschedule cases need to load the
 	 * current thread's stack, but don't have to use it until the decision