diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c b/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
index 1c6c640607c5c8c97acd0be0ac2468e8fb78d9f3..407fed46931b9f1a7f07f3d1657b24eb2a39a147 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpqueue.c
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ static void sctp_ulpq_reasm_drain(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq)
 
 
 /* Helper function to gather skbs that have possibly become
- * ordered by an an incoming chunk.
+ * ordered by an incoming chunk.
  */
 static void sctp_ulpq_retrieve_ordered(struct sctp_ulpq *ulpq,
 					      struct sctp_ulpevent *event)