diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 79e6cb1d5c48..5c9202cb8f59 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,6 @@ int proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  * @write: %TRUE if this is a write to the sysctl file
  * @buffer: the user buffer
  * @lenp: the size of the user buffer
- * @ppos: file position
  * @ppos: the current position in the file
  *
  * Reads/writes up to table->maxlen/sizeof(unsigned int) integer