diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c
index 6d446824677b..6549bfb96e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int softsynth_adjust(struct spk_synth *synth, struct st_var_header *var)
 	if (var->var_id != PUNC_LEVEL)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* We want to set the the speech synthesis punctuation level
+	/* We want to set the speech synthesis punctuation level
 	 * accordingly, so it properly tunes speaking A_PUNC characters */
 	var_data = var->data;
 	if (!var_data)