diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pinger.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pinger.c
index 20341b27a06a..e8d00408117a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pinger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pinger.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ struct timeout_item* ptlrpc_new_timeout(int time, enum timeout_event event,
 }
 
 /**
- * Register timeout event on the the pinger thread.
+ * Register timeout event on the pinger thread.
  * Note: the timeout list is an sorted list with increased timeout value.
  */
 static struct timeout_item*