diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index cc8356fd927f..ac5ff3c3afb1 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ struct fib6_info {
 	struct fib6_node __rcu		*fib6_node;
 
 	/* Multipath routes:
-	 * siblings is a list of fib6_info that have the the same metric/weight,
+	 * siblings is a list of fib6_info that have the same metric/weight,
 	 * destination, but not the same gateway. nsiblings is just a cache
 	 * to speed up lookup.
 	 */