diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c
index e8543c668dc7..128a51f1879b 100644
--- a/lib/uuid.c
+++ b/lib/uuid.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generate_random_guid);
 static void __uuid_gen_common(__u8 b[16])
 {
 	get_random_bytes(b, 16);
-	/* reversion 0b10 */
+	/* revision 0b10 */
 	b[8] = (b[8] & 0x3F) | 0x80;
 }