diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/falcon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/falcon.c
index 7a1c9337081b52d783a95e3cb0cdb1b5d3bd1b19..36114ce88034cb9b4ad25fd0086bd3a04910ebd1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/falcon.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static const struct i2c_algo_bit_data falcon_i2c_bit_operations = {
 	.getsda		= falcon_getsda,
 	.getscl		= falcon_getscl,
 	.udelay		= 5,
-	/* Wait up to 50 ms for slave to let us pull SCL high */
+	/* Wait up to 50 ms for target to let us pull SCL high */
 	.timeout	= DIV_ROUND_UP(HZ, 20),
 };