diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 6ef7008a3ef363edc6df47387ce92910d04f56d5..e4259215607f6772ce6e86ab7605030cc79d603f 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ struct sk_buff *dev_alloc_skb(unsigned int length)
 {
 	/*
 	 * There is more code here than it seems:
-	 * __def_alloc_skb is an inline
+	 * __dev_alloc_skb is an inline
 	 */
 	return __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }