diff --git a/util/qemu-timer.c b/util/qemu-timer.c
index f62b4feecd..878d80fd5e 100644
--- a/util/qemu-timer.c
+++ b/util/qemu-timer.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ bool timerlist_run_timers(QEMUTimerList *timer_list)
     }
 
     /*
-     * Extract expired timers from active timers list and and process them.
+     * Extract expired timers from active timers list and process them.
      *
      * In rr mode we need "filtered" checkpointing for virtual clock.  The
      * checkpoint must be recorded/replayed before processing any non-EXTERNAL timer,