diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index 0c9d3ad17e0f..5371dab6b481 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
 		 * space in the output for those 18 bytes earlier, upon
 		 * entering the shortcut (in other words, there is a
 		 * combined check for both stages).
+		 *
+		 * The & in the likely() below is intentionally not && so that
+		 * some compilers can produce better parallelized runtime code
 		 */
 		if ((endOnInput ? length != RUN_MASK : length <= 8)
 		   /*