diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 5fd22cb2e919462d676790d907dbf74f32865096..e789ce7b43de2f9918c832db77c50044dbf30079 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4083,7 +4083,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     /* Init CPU def lists, based on config
      * - Must be called after all the qemu_read_config_file() calls
      * - Must be called before list_cpus()
-     * - Must be called before machine->init()
+     * - Must be called before machine_class->init()
      */
     cpudef_init();