diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 7a14da5396fb..83157de5b808 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5253,7 +5253,7 @@ place_entity(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, int flags)
 		 *   V' = (\Sum w_j*v_j + w_i*v_i) / (W + w_i)
 		 *      = (W*V + w_i*(V - vl_i)) / (W + w_i)
 		 *      = (W*V + w_i*V - w_i*vl_i) / (W + w_i)
-		 *      = (V*(W + w_i) - w_i*l) / (W + w_i)
+		 *      = (V*(W + w_i) - w_i*vl_i) / (W + w_i)
 		 *      = V - w_i*vl_i / (W + w_i)
 		 *
 		 * And the actual lag after adding an entity with vl_i is: