diff --git a/mm/process_vm_access.c b/mm/process_vm_access.c
index de41e830cdac..74e957e302fe 100644
--- a/mm/process_vm_access.c
+++ b/mm/process_vm_access.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static ssize_t process_vm_rw_core(pid_t pid, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	if (!mm || IS_ERR(mm)) {
 		rc = IS_ERR(mm) ? PTR_ERR(mm) : -ESRCH;
 		/*
-		 * Explicitly map EACCES to EPERM as EPERM is a more a
+		 * Explicitly map EACCES to EPERM as EPERM is a more
 		 * appropriate error code for process_vw_readv/writev
 		 */
 		if (rc == -EACCES)