diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
index b619322c76f0c5ea56d831b787d77e2911657a25..22bd4d7f289b834b277fb55ce92cefa019c9d354 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct ext4_allocation_context {
 	/* original request */
 	struct ext4_free_extent ac_o_ex;
 
-	/* goal request (after normalization) */
+	/* goal request (normalized ac_o_ex) */
 	struct ext4_free_extent ac_g_ex;
 
 	/* the best found extent */