diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
index b6f0c9f3f124..f51771e5c3fe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/attr.c
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ xchk_xattr_listent(
 	args.value = xchk_xattr_valuebuf(sx->sc);
 	args.valuelen = valuelen;
 
+	/*
+	 * Get the attr value to ensure that lookup can find this attribute
+	 * through the dabtree indexing and that remote value retrieval also
+	 * works correctly.
+	 */
 	error = xfs_attr_get_ilocked(&args);
 	/* ENODATA means the hash lookup failed and the attr is bad */
 	if (error == -ENODATA)