diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
index 1e6fd6ca513b..c97c12e95ecb 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_kvp_daemon.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 /*
  * KVP protocol: The user mode component first registers with the
- * the kernel component. Subsequently, the kernel component requests, data
+ * kernel component. Subsequently, the kernel component requests, data
  * for the specified keys. In response to this message the user mode component
  * fills in the value corresponding to the specified key. We overload the
  * sequence field in the cn_msg header to define our KVP message types.