diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 3cdd63b4a055002d33defa47d6ca3fb3bb76ffe2..50979be7aca464d23369390cb8582934a71b986a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1960,7 +1960,6 @@ static struct tty_struct *tty_open_current_tty(dev_t device, struct file *filp)
  *	tty_lookup_driver - lookup a tty driver for a given device file
  *	@device: device number
  *	@filp: file pointer to tty
- *	@noctty: set if the device should not become a controlling tty
  *	@index: index for the device in the @return driver
  *	@return: driver for this inode (with increased refcount)
  *