diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 8ab8a1a9610a2118ad21fee3bebe02d142947350..009fab130cd8507ad6c571ae8843066aea462319 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif /* CONFIG_ALTIVEC */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VSX
 	/* VSR status */
-	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used altivec */
+	int		used_vsr;	/* set if process has used VSX */
 #endif /* CONFIG_VSX */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPE
 	unsigned long	evr[32];	/* upper 32-bits of SPE regs */