diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5ec58267b5bb167e1460e9efefeae9e50ab3c2ef..b2e90998ad36c01b67584a2694ab260cdfbec0f4 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ out:
 /**
  * d_validate - verify dentry provided from insecure source (deprecated)
  * @dentry: The dentry alleged to be valid child of @dparent
- * @dparent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
+ * @parent: The parent dentry (known to be valid)
  *
  * An insecure source has sent us a dentry, here we verify it and dget() it.
  * This is used by ncpfs in its readdir implementation.