diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
index 457cb71210003ee617796c827cb648ca0bd9eb7d..1281d1565ef84e298fb8270143ba1c8de0ef6bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ static int xgmac_rx(struct xgmac_priv *priv, int limit)
  *  @budget : maximum number of packets that the current CPU can receive from
  *	      all interfaces.
  *  Description :
- *   This function implements the the reception process.
+ *   This function implements the reception process.
  *   Also it runs the TX completion thread
  */
 static int xgmac_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)