diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 27373f5792a4f7..e855d8260433a2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -997,9 +997,10 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 			 * journalled data) we need to unmap buffer and clear
 			 * more bits. We also need to be careful about the check
 			 * because the data page mapping can get cleared under
-			 * out hands, which alse need not to clear more bits
-			 * because the page and buffers will be freed and can
-			 * never be reused once we are done with them.
+			 * our hands. Note that if mapping == NULL, we don't
+			 * need to make buffer unmapped because the page is
+			 * already detached from the mapping and buffers cannot
+			 * get reused.
 			 */
 			mapping = READ_ONCE(bh->b_page->mapping);
 			if (mapping && !sb_is_blkdev_sb(mapping->host->i_sb)) {