diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.h b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
index 9c6f7343bec0..575745f0a464 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct rcu_node {
 	raw_spinlock_t __private lock;	/* Root rcu_node's lock protects */
 					/*  some rcu_state fields as well as */
 					/*  following. */
-	unsigned long gp_seq;	/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq. */
+	unsigned long gp_seq;	/* Track rsp->gp_seq. */
 	unsigned long gp_seq_needed; /* Track furthest future GP request. */
 	unsigned long completedqs; /* All QSes done for this node. */
 	unsigned long qsmask;	/* CPUs or groups that need to switch in */
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ union rcu_noqs {
 /* Per-CPU data for read-copy update. */
 struct rcu_data {
 	/* 1) quiescent-state and grace-period handling : */
-	unsigned long	gp_seq;		/* Track rsp->rcu_gp_seq counter. */
+	unsigned long	gp_seq;		/* Track rsp->gp_seq counter. */
 	unsigned long	gp_seq_needed;	/* Track furthest future GP request. */
 	union rcu_noqs	cpu_no_qs;	/* No QSes yet for this CPU. */
 	bool		core_needs_qs;	/* Core waits for quiesc state. */