diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
index 176a6c1b4e03b9683b0d12c84490df1baa375b56..5979147d2bda99587e07cc52e1fc4f0f3fd771f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct pinctrl_pin_desc {
  * @name: a name for the chip in this range
  * @id: an ID number for the chip in this range
  * @base: base offset of the GPIO range
- * @pin_base: base pin number of the GPIO range if pins != NULL
+ * @pin_base: base pin number of the GPIO range if pins == NULL
  * @pins: enumeration of pins in GPIO range or NULL
  * @npins: number of pins in the GPIO range, including the base number
  * @gc: an optional pointer to a gpio_chip