diff --git a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c
index 13dcb2fd0a85..f579f7698bba 100644
--- a/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/pci/mixart/mixart_hwdep.c
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 
 
 /**
- * wait for a value on a peudo register, exit with a timeout
+ * mixart_wait_nice_for_register_value - wait for a value on a peudo register,
+ * exit with a timeout
  *
  * @mgr: pointer to miXart manager structure
  * @offset: unsigned pseudo_register base + offset of value