diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 4fe29b8f99b0..0641e6e0016c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2889,7 +2889,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
 }
 
 /*
- * brk_munmap() - Unmap a parital vma.
+ * brk_munmap() - Unmap a partial vma.
  * @mas: The maple tree state.
  * @vma: The vma to be modified
  * @newbrk: the start of the address to unmap