diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 9a5ba6db7b60..05f69b787a57 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ static void rcu_cleanup_dying_cpu(struct rcu_state *rsp)
  * This function therefore goes up the tree of rcu_node structures,
  * clearing the corresponding bits in the ->qsmaskinit fields.  Note that
  * the leaf rcu_node structure's ->qsmaskinit field has already been
- * updated
+ * updated.
  *
  * This function does check that the specified rcu_node structure has
  * all CPUs offline and no blocked tasks, so it is OK to invoke it
@@ -3709,7 +3709,7 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /*
  * The CPU is exiting the idle loop into the arch_cpu_idle_dead()
- * function.  We now remove it from the rcu_node tree's ->qsmaskinit
+ * function.  We now remove it from the rcu_node tree's ->qsmaskinitnext
  * bit masks.
  */
 static void rcu_cleanup_dying_idle_cpu(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)