diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
index 92c6e53cea75..ccb0a88b9cb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/housekeeping.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ the same RCU read side critical section.
 A typical layout example would look like this on the update side
 (``housekeeping_update()``)::
 
-	rcu_assign_pointer(housekeeping_cpumasks[type], trial);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(housekeeping.cpumasks[type], trial);
 	synchronize_rcu();
 	flush_workqueue(example_workqueue);