diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
index 5515c75e53e4..dfbfc89ffe70 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-loader.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ int hda_dsp_cl_boot_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * return master core id if both fw copy
+	 * return primary core id if both fw copy
 	 * and stream clean up are successful
 	 */
 	if (!ret)