diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 7271cf24879d..dc0835ceee98 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
  * A CPU running a task which woken up after an IO operation can have its
  * utilization boosted to speed up the completion of those IO operations.
  * The IO boost value is increased each time a task wakes up from IO, in
- * sugov_iowait_apply(), and it's instead decreased by this function,
+ * sugov_iowait_boost(), and it's instead decreased by this function,
  * each time an increase has not been requested (!iowait_boost_pending).
  *
  * A CPU which also appears to have been idle for at least one tick has also