diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 50498a75c04bfe11668de7470f78975aa68e7567..8db77e09387b8bd1260f7539c2289aa35d7836b5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_napi_id);
  *
  *	The use of raw_seqcount_begin() and cond_resched() before
  *	retrying is required as we want to give the writers a chance
- *	to complete when CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set.
+ *	to complete when CONFIG_PREEMPTION is not set.
  */
 int netdev_get_name(struct net *net, char *name, int ifindex)
 {