diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 31380fd5a4e2..5163d900bb4f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);
  *	dev_ioctl	-	network device ioctl
  *	@net: the applicable net namespace
  *	@cmd: command to issue
- *	@arg: pointer to a struct ifreq in user space
+ *	@ifr: pointer to a struct ifreq in user space
+ *	@need_copyout: whether or not copy_to_user() should be called
  *
  *	Issue ioctl functions to devices. This is normally called by the
  *	user space syscall interfaces but can sometimes be useful for