diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
index d4fd1302008e..6e4a0c6c7cb4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ static int atmel_smc_nand_prepare_smcconf(struct atmel_nand *nand,
 		return ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * The write cycle timing is directly matching tWC, but is also
+	 * The read cycle timing is directly matching tRC, but is also
 	 * dependent on the setup and hold timings we calculated earlier,
 	 * which gives:
 	 *