diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
index 8d51111f095..ba12da6204e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ struct arch_global_data {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMBIOS
 	ulong smbios_start;		/* Start address of SMBIOS table */
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
-	ulong table;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+	ulong table;	/* holds the table address from previous EFI firmware */
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
index 1bd1fa92078..0d9fa823121 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct arch_global_data {
 	int has_mtrr;
 	/* MRC training data */
 	struct mrc_output mrc[MRC_TYPE_COUNT];
-	ulong table;			/* Table pointer from previous loader */
+	ulong table;	/* coreboot/EFI table address from previous loader */
 	int turbo_state;		/* Current turbo state */
 	struct irq_routing_table *pirq_routing_table;
 	int dw_i2c_num_cards;		/* Used by designware i2c driver */