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diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 6d1f31b3a967..703e8d80a576 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@ static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags, int cpu_id)
/*
* Matches memory barriers after rq->curr modification in
* scheduler.
+ *
+ * On RISC-V, this barrier pairing is also needed for the
+ * SYNC_CORE command when switching between processes, cf.
+ * the inline comments in membarrier_arch_switch_mm().
*/
smp_mb(); /* system call entry is not a mb. */