diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
index c698592b83e421a6e98c1701ddc76b3333710ef3..d35b60c0611486c8c909d2f8f7c730ff913df30d 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_kvp.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ kvp_send_key(struct work_struct *dummy)
 	in_msg = kvp_transaction.kvp_msg;
 
 	/*
-	 * The key/value strings sent from the host are encoded in
+	 * The key/value strings sent from the host are encoded
 	 * in utf16; convert it to utf8 strings.
 	 * The host assures us that the utf16 strings will not exceed
 	 * the max lengths specified. We will however, reserve room