diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 9bc9b92bc099b65527813494eb833a4178c4e4bf..3d9122e78f41736c7e654cfe7f2482284cdd1dca 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static inline void unix_set_secdata(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb)
 /*
  *  SMP locking strategy:
  *    hash table is protected with spinlock unix_table_lock
- *    each socket state is protected by separate rwlock.
+ *    each socket state is protected by separate spin lock.
  */
 
 static inline unsigned unix_hash_fold(__wsum n)