diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index a87903578810c01b08586cd470bf51420e28095d..bfca1b00b09b2ab4eaf4c14be2e3c5eada727793 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ static inline struct hugepage_subpool *subpool_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  *                    across the pages in a mapping.
  *
  * The region data structures are protected by a combination of the mmap_sem
- * and the hugetlb_instantion_mutex.  To access or modify a region the caller
+ * and the hugetlb_instantiation_mutex.  To access or modify a region the caller
  * must either hold the mmap_sem for write, or the mmap_sem for read and
- * the hugetlb_instantiation mutex:
+ * the hugetlb_instantiation_mutex:
  *
  *	down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
  * or