diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index d6660f7e42f47c66c8d6c1e2d86652ba514862f9..3c9c794ede53d8b71f2a2ee1e239682f7fe4e1ae 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ cifs_read_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		goto out_no_root;
 	}
 
-	/* do that *after* d_alloc_root() - we want NULL ->d_op for root here */
+	/* do that *after* d_make_root() - we want NULL ->d_op for root here */
 	if (cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->nocase)
 		sb->s_d_op = &cifs_ci_dentry_ops;
 	else