diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 86af1a96a6dc2..1b849500640c6 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5760,7 +5760,7 @@ static void __setup_per_zone_wmarks(void)
 			 * value here.
 			 *
 			 * The WMARK_HIGH-WMARK_LOW and (WMARK_LOW-WMARK_MIN)
-			 * deltas controls asynch page reclaim, and so should
+			 * deltas control asynch page reclaim, and so should
 			 * not be capped for highmem.
 			 */
 			unsigned long min_pages;