diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index b795aa341a3a..a404936d85d8 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static noinline void __ref rest_init(void)
 
 	/*
 	 * Enable might_sleep() and smp_processor_id() checks.
-	 * They cannot be enabled earlier because with CONFIG_PRREMPT=y
+	 * They cannot be enabled earlier because with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
 	 * kernel_thread() would trigger might_sleep() splats. With
 	 * CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y the init task might have scheduled
 	 * already, but it's stuck on the kthreadd_done completion.