diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 8687562df2e372245ca1d355cfdfc12b325dd685..7974e91ffe134f49d866bbc0ceb55a0ec1998897 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void fsnotify_sb_delete(struct super_block *sb)
  * Given an inode, first check if we care what happens to our children.  Inotify
  * and dnotify both tell their parents about events.  If we care about any event
  * on a child we run all of our children and set a dentry flag saying that the
- * parent cares.  Thus when an event happens on a child it can quickly tell if
+ * parent cares.  Thus when an event happens on a child it can quickly tell
  * if there is a need to find a parent and send the event to the parent.
  */
 void __fsnotify_update_child_dentry_flags(struct inode *inode)