diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index a5ac612b1609..2fd0daa6b3b6 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static void kthread_insert_work(struct kthread_worker *worker,
  * @work: kthread_work to queue
  *
  * Queue @work to work processor @task for async execution.  @task
- * must have been created with kthread_worker_create().  Returns %true
+ * must have been created with kthread_create_worker().  Returns %true
  * if @work was successfully queued, %false if it was already pending.
  *
  * Reinitialize the work if it needs to be used by another worker.