diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 3ef917ff0964..1ad5aa3b86d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct kparam_array
  * ".") the kernel commandline parameter.  Note that - is changed to _, so
  * the user can use "foo-bar=1" even for variable "foo_bar".
  *
- * @perm is 0 if the the variable is not to appear in sysfs, or 0444
+ * @perm is 0 if the variable is not to appear in sysfs, or 0444
  * for world-readable, 0644 for root-writable, etc.  Note that if it
  * is writable, you may need to use kernel_param_lock() around
  * accesses (esp. charp, which can be kfreed when it changes).