diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index ec538fc287a66000f7ce357f4bfe8012223acc26..bb9b83640070f4a366a8ca67f56495f07aaa7830 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct ucred {
 #define MSG_EOF         MSG_FIN
 
 #define MSG_FASTOPEN	0x20000000	/* Send data in TCP SYN */
-#define MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC 0x40000000	/* Set close_on_exit for file
+#define MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC 0x40000000	/* Set close_on_exec for file
 					   descriptor received through
 					   SCM_RIGHTS */
 #if defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)