diff --git a/docs/devel/rcu.txt b/docs/devel/rcu.txt
index cdf002edd8..2e6cc607a1 100644
--- a/docs/devel/rcu.txt
+++ b/docs/devel/rcu.txt
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ Instead, we store the size of the array with the array itself:
 
             /* Removal phase.  */
             old_array = global_array;
-            qatomic_rcu_set(&new_array->data, new_array);
+            qatomic_rcu_set(&global_array, new_array);
             synchronize_rcu();
 
             /* Reclamation phase.  */