diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index eccc3431e515..048866c20ba6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(paranoid_exit)
 	 *
 	 * NB to anyone to try to optimize this code: this code does
 	 * not execute at all for exceptions from user mode. Those
-	 * exceptions go through error_exit instead.
+	 * exceptions go through error_return instead.
 	 */
 	RESTORE_CR3	scratch_reg=%rax save_reg=%r14