diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index ddd25dc4bda2..6ce13e2d2ad5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	debug_objects_early_init();
 
 	/*
-	 * Set up the the initial canary ASAP:
+	 * Set up the initial canary ASAP:
 	 */
 	add_latent_entropy();
 	boot_init_stack_canary();