diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index c18d7efa1b4b..8588abcac07b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
  * @shift:	pointer to shift variable
  * @from:	frequency to convert from
  * @to:		frequency to convert to
- * @minsec:	guaranteed runtime conversion range in seconds
+ * @maxsec:	guaranteed runtime conversion range in seconds
  *
  * The function evaluates the shift/mult pair for the scaled math
  * operations of clocksources and clockevents.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
  * NSEC_PER_SEC == 1GHz and @from is the counter frequency. For clock
  * event @to is the counter frequency and @from is NSEC_PER_SEC.
  *
- * The @minsec conversion range argument controls the time frame in
+ * The @maxsec conversion range argument controls the time frame in
  * seconds which must be covered by the runtime conversion with the
  * calculated mult and shift factors. This guarantees that no 64bit
  * overflow happens when the input value of the conversion is
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timecounter_cyc2time);
  * factors.
  */
 void
-clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 minsec)
+clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 maxsec)
 {
 	u64 tmp;
 	u32 sft, sftacc= 32;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ clocks_calc_mult_shift(u32 *mult, u32 *shift, u32 from, u32 to, u32 minsec)
 	 * Calculate the shift factor which is limiting the conversion
 	 * range:
 	 */
-	tmp = ((u64)minsec * from) >> 32;
+	tmp = ((u64)maxsec * from) >> 32;
 	while (tmp) {
 		tmp >>=1;
 		sftacc--;