diff --git a/fs/nfsd/netns.h b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
index 9217cb64bf0e..7346acda9d76 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/netns.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/netns.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 	unsigned int             longest_chain_cachesize;
 
 	struct shrinker		nfsd_reply_cache_shrinker;
-	/* utsname taken from the the process that starts the server */
+	/* utsname taken from the process that starts the server */
 	char			nfsd_name[UNX_MAXNODENAME+1];
 };