diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVAsmPrinter.cpp
index 93677433c0440..bf4abcfd8b9d9 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -672,12 +672,12 @@ void RISCVAsmPrinter::EmitHwasanMemaccessSymbols(Module &M) {
     OutStreamer->emitInstruction(
         MCInstBuilder(RISCV::LBU).addReg(RISCV::X6).addReg(RISCV::X6).addImm(0),
         MCSTI);
-    // Extract tag from X5 and compare it with loaded tag from shadow
+    // Extract tag from pointer and compare it with loaded tag from shadow
     OutStreamer->emitInstruction(
         MCInstBuilder(RISCV::SRLI).addReg(RISCV::X7).addReg(Reg).addImm(56),
         MCSTI);
     MCSymbol *HandleMismatchOrPartialSym = OutContext.createTempSymbol();
-    // X7 contains tag from memory, while X6 contains tag from the pointer
+    // X7 contains tag from the pointer, while X6 contains tag from memory
     OutStreamer->emitInstruction(
         MCInstBuilder(RISCV::BNE)
             .addReg(RISCV::X7)