diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index c3575b686f79..12ca4f19cb14 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_add_partition);
 /**
  * __mtd_del_partition - delete MTD partition
  *
- * @priv: MTD structure to be deleted
+ * @mtd: MTD structure to be deleted
  *
  * This function must be called with the partitions mutex locked.
  */