diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index 44b4c42ab8e8..983ce34115d5 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static int fill_thread_core_info(struct elf_thread_core_info *t,
 	/*
 	 * NT_PRSTATUS is the one special case, because the regset data
 	 * goes into the pr_reg field inside the note contents, rather
-	 * than being the whole note contents.  We fill the reset in here.
+	 * than being the whole note contents.  We fill the regset in here.
 	 * We assume that regset 0 is NT_PRSTATUS.
 	 */
 	fill_prstatus(&t->prstatus.common, t->task, signr);