diff --git a/samples/pidfd/Makefile b/samples/pidfd/Makefile
index 9754e2d81f70..d82409f7061f 100644
--- a/samples/pidfd/Makefile
+++ b/samples/pidfd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-usertprogs-always-y += pidfd-metadata
+userprogs-always-y += pidfd-metadata
 
 userccflags += -I usr/include