diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 1e7bd24848fc..258099a4ed82 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ struct ustat {
  * naturally due ABI requirements, but some architectures (like CRIS) have
  * weird ABI and we need to ask it explicitly.
  *
- * The alignment is required to guarantee that bits 0 and 1 of @next will be
+ * The alignment is required to guarantee that bit 0 of @next will be
  * clear under normal conditions -- as long as we use call_rcu(),
  * call_rcu_bh(), call_rcu_sched(), or call_srcu() to queue callback.
  *