diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index cf68d16255a0..c770eed4d717 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -1781,7 +1781,7 @@ void io_wq_submit_work(struct io_wq_work *work)
 	bool needs_poll = false;
 	int ret = 0, err = -ECANCELED;
 
-	/* one will be dropped by ->io_free_work() after returning to io-wq */
+	/* one will be dropped by ->io_wq_free_work() after returning to io-wq */
 	if (!(req->flags & REQ_F_REFCOUNT))
 		__io_req_set_refcount(req, 2);
 	else