diff --git a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
index 423549d2c52e2e1315147ca0bfaeb54bfa5acb33..5763cc7ac4f12b3fdf606ba140b162e332963b33 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ static int trie_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map,
 		rcu_assign_pointer(im_node->child[1], node);
 	}
 
-	/* Finally, assign the intermediate node to the determined spot */
+	/* Finally, assign the intermediate node to the determined slot */
 	rcu_assign_pointer(*slot, im_node);
 
 out: