diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 4367ce4db52a1a427ba3cdc73d6100371c9f67e4..f1925ccc9fe1696496cdad0f9f2bcf583bf2eb5c 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct sysinfo {
 	char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)];	/* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
 };
 
-/* Force a compilation error if condition is false */
+/* Force a compilation error if condition is true */
 #define BUILD_BUG_ON(condition) ((void)sizeof(char[1 - 2*!!(condition)]))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL