diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 6419e6dacc39..21ad762c9ac6 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 			} else {
 				/* paste hole to the indirect item */
 				/*
-				 * If kmalloc failed, max_to_insert becomes
+				 * If kcalloc failed, max_to_insert becomes
 				 * zero and it means we only have space for
 				 * one block
 				 */