diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-md.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-md.c
index 3225c069637d..89d660fefd48 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-md.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/lnet/lib-md.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ lnet_md_build(lnet_libmd_t *lmd, lnet_md_t *umd, int unlink)
 
 		lmd->md_length = total_length;
 
-		if ((umd->options & LNET_MD_MAX_SIZE) != 0 && /* max size used */
+		if ((umd->options & LNET_MD_MAX_SIZE) != 0 && /* use max size */
 		    (umd->max_size < 0 ||
 		     umd->max_size > total_length)) /* illegal max_size */
 			return -EINVAL;