diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/map_array.rst b/Documentation/bpf/map_array.rst
index b2cceb6c696b3d7d2d5b6df1be34390c227c2388..97bb803332543eae8e65f0cba9110c6dec6a6348 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/map_array.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/map_array.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ This example BPF program shows how to access an array element.
             index = ip.protocol;
             value = bpf_map_lookup_elem(&my_map, &index);
             if (value)
-                    __sync_fetch_and_add(&value, skb->len);
+                    __sync_fetch_and_add(value, skb->len);
 
             return 0;
     }