1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
index 5ed85af88789..b4ea51ad3610 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ uses of RCU may be found in listRCU.txt, arrayRCU.txt, and NMI-RCU.txt.
                 struct foo *new_fp;
                 struct foo *old_fp;
 
-                new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
+                new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
                 spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
                 old_fp = gbl_foo;
                 *new_fp = *old_fp;
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ The foo_update_a() function might then be written as follows:
                 struct foo *new_fp;
                 struct foo *old_fp;
 
-                new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*fp), GFP_KERNEL);
+                new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
                 spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
                 old_fp = gbl_foo;
                 *new_fp = *old_fp;