diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 5984d4a5639b..b1809a1b0827 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ns_to_timespec64);
  *   handling any 32-bit overflows.
  *   for the details see __msecs_to_jiffies()
  *
- * __msecs_to_jiffies() checks for the passed in value being a constant
+ * msecs_to_jiffies() checks for the passed in value being a constant
  * via __builtin_constant_p() allowing gcc to eliminate most of the
  * code, __msecs_to_jiffies() is called if the value passed does not
  * allow constant folding and the actual conversion must be done at