diff --git a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
index ba607c9..1ff0460 100644
--- a/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
+++ b/src/sim/syscall_emul.hh
@@ -1273,9 +1273,9 @@
     TheISA::IntReg newStack = p->getSyscallArg(tc, index);
     Addr ptidPtr = p->getSyscallArg(tc, index);
 
-#if THE_ISA == RISCV_ISA
+#if THE_ISA == RISCV_ISA or THE_ISA == ARM_ISA
     /**
-     * Linux kernel 4.15 sets CLONE_BACKWARDS flag for RISC-V.
+     * Linux sets CLONE_BACKWARDS flag for RISC-V and Arm.
      * The flag defines the list of clone() arguments in the following
      * order: flags -> newStack -> ptidPtr -> tlsPtr -> ctidPtr
      */