diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 5ed85af88789afc46c0f1065ca701552d96cfebc..b4ea51ad3610f7c2a99f18c3ee2dc776ebfe0731 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ uses of RCU may be found in listRCU.txt, arrayRCU.txt, and NMI-RCU.txt.
 		struct foo *new_fp;
 		struct foo *old_fp;
 
-		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
 		old_fp = gbl_foo;
 		*new_fp = *old_fp;
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ The foo_update_a() function might then be written as follows:
 		struct foo *new_fp;
 		struct foo *old_fp;
 
-		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
 		old_fp = gbl_foo;
 		*new_fp = *old_fp;