diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 59f7b55ba7453d4b406d0c066e5f6be5cea7037c..cb1f3454eea643d4b57929d463bdfe367a94c07c 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static int kimage_load_segment(struct kimage *image,
  *   reinitialize them.
  *
  * - A machine specific part that includes the syscall number
- *   and the copies the image to it's final destination.  And
+ *   and then copies the image to it's final destination.  And
  *   jumps into the image at entry.
  *
  * kexec does not sync, or unmount filesystems so if you need