diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index a1591ca7eb5a..718730dd0480 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4762,7 +4762,7 @@ static void rq_attach_root(struct rq *rq, struct root_domain *rd)
 		cpumask_clear_cpu(rq->cpu, old_rd->span);
 
 		/*
-		 * If we dont want to free the old_rt yet then
+		 * If we dont want to free the old_rd yet then
 		 * set old_rd to NULL to skip the freeing later
 		 * in this function:
 		 */