diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 2e56903e8d532856afebc7ccc5f0dd011e7894b9..cc6d2b984e8f9ca334402fb2190a70b4830f6da8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized(handle_t *handle,
  * to an uninitialized extent.
  *
  * Writing to an uninitialized extent may result in splitting the uninitialized
- * extent into multiple /initialized uninitialized extents (up to three)
+ * extent into multiple initialized/uninitialized extents (up to three)
  * There are three possibilities:
  *   a> There is no split required: Entire extent should be uninitialized
  *   b> Splits in two extents: Write is happening at either end of the extent