diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
index 1a03fb353084..216da126a06d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-mvebu.c
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ mvebu_pci_bridge_emul_pcie_conf_read(struct pci_bridge_emul *bridge,
 
 	case PCI_EXP_LNKCAP:
 		/*
-		 * PCIe requires the clock power management capability to be
-		 * hard-wired to zero for downstream ports
+		 * PCIe requires that the Clock Power Management capability bit
+		 * is hard-wired to zero for downstream ports but HW returns 1.
 		 */
 		*value = mvebu_readl(port, PCIE_CAP_PCIEXP + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP) &
 			 ~PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_CLKPM;