diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index fc24ee47eab5..c85783e536d5 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct iattr *iap,
 	/*
 	 * If utimes(2) and friends are called with times not NULL, we should
 	 * not set NFSD_MAY_WRITE bit. Otherwise fh_verify->nfsd_permission
-	 * will return EACCESS, when the caller's effective UID does not match
+	 * will return EACCES, when the caller's effective UID does not match
 	 * the owner of the file, and the caller is not privileged. In this
 	 * situation, we should return EPERM(notify_change will return this).
 	 */