diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 706e1686b5eb9..a6621c52ce454 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static int user_event_set_call_visible(struct user_event *user, bool visible)
 	 * to allow user_event files to be less locked down. The extreme case
 	 * being "other" has read/write access to user_events_data/status.
 	 *
-	 * When not locked down, processes may not have have permissions to
+	 * When not locked down, processes may not have permissions to
 	 * add/remove calls themselves to tracefs. We need to temporarily
 	 * switch to root file permission to allow for this scenario.
 	 */