diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 3a56c8d94de0..22255d96b27e 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 		/*
 		 * If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot
 		 * lock the buffer then redirty the page.  Note that this can
-		 * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd
+		 * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from flusher thread and kswapd
 		 * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
 		 * throttling.
 		 */