diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
index b19acd662726..1b7c7df4bca7 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static ssize_t target_core_item_dbroot_store(struct config_item *item,
 	if (db_root_stage[read_bytes - 1] == '\n')
 		db_root_stage[read_bytes - 1] = '\0';
 
-	/* validate new db root before accepting it */
+	/* validate the new db root before accepting it */
 	fp = filp_open(db_root_stage, O_RDONLY, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(fp)) {
 		pr_err("db_root: cannot open: %s\n", db_root_stage);