diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index 2e5de77ff0308cff85ec0cdad7139c2258d9f0fe..a9f153867554fbe69d8af3382a846f79a824b58a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int nfs_callback_up(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Kill the server process if it is not already up.
+ * Kill the server process if it is not already down.
  */
 void nfs_callback_down(void)
 {