diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 7b4bad6d572ffe4093b9b4bed126fc02fd274f0b..ff77a4a7f9ecae8d431020b1d05db46972720d97 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ int ip_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt,
 	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 
 	/*
-	 *	RFC1122: 3.1.2.2 MUST silently discard any IP frame that fails the checksum.
+	 *	RFC1122: 3.2.1.2 MUST silently discard any IP frame that fails the checksum.
 	 *
 	 *	Is the datagram acceptable?
 	 *