diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b76fb37b381e..cf78f35bc0b9 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice_notifier_net);
  * @nb: notifier
  *
  * Unregister a notifier previously registered by
- * register_netdevice_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
+ * register_netdevice_notifier_net(). The notifier is unlinked from the
  * kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
  * is returned on a failure.
  *