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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
index 831613959a92..46668e255421 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
@@ -475,6 +475,12 @@ static bool __init ms_hyperv_x2apic_available(void)
* (logically) generates MSIs directly to the system APIC irq domain.
* There is no HPET, and PCI MSI/MSI-X interrupts are remapped by the
* pci-hyperv host bridge.
+ *
+ * Note: for a Hyper-V root partition, this will always return false.
+ * The hypervisor doesn't expose these HYPERV_CPUID_VIRT_STACK_* cpuids by
+ * default, they are implemented as intercepts by the Windows Hyper-V stack.
+ * Even a nested root partition (L2 root) will not get them because the
+ * nested (L1) hypervisor filters them out.
*/
static bool __init ms_hyperv_msi_ext_dest_id(void)
{