diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 19c8eb6f246e..ba818ecce6f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ A data-dependency barrier must also order against dependent writes:
 The data-dependency barrier must order the read into Q with the store
 into *Q.  This prohibits this outcome:
 
-	(Q == B) && (B == 4)
+	(Q == &B) && (B == 4)
 
 Please note that this pattern should be rare.  After all, the whole point
 of dependency ordering is to -prevent- writes to the data structure, along