diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 339e73742e736cfcccdfedf323e6ab8bc651138b..13dab191a23e61654d29a4bff297919105bb20a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ struct address_space {
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* error bits */
 	spinlock_t		private_lock;	/* for use by the address_space */
 	gfp_t			gfp_mask;	/* implicit gfp mask for allocations */
-	struct list_head	private_list;	/* ditto */
+	struct list_head	private_list;	/* for use by the address_space */
 	void			*private_data;	/* ditto */
 	errseq_t		wb_err;
 } __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long)))) __randomize_layout;