diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
index 19faecc5f8f6..ae8de9780085 100644
--- a/block/blk-wbt.c
+++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static inline unsigned int get_limit(struct rq_wb *rwb, unsigned long rw)
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point we know it's a buffered write. If this is
-	 * kswapd trying to free memory, or REQ_SYNC is set, set, then
+	 * kswapd trying to free memory, or REQ_SYNC is set, then
 	 * it's WB_SYNC_ALL writeback, and we'll use the max limit for
 	 * that. If the write is marked as a background write, then use
 	 * the idle limit, or go to normal if we haven't had competing