diff --git a/fs/debugfs/inode.c b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
index 13b01351dd1c..4354069101b4 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/inode.c
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_file);
  * debugfs core.
  *
  * It is your responsibility to protect your struct file_operation
- * methods against file removals by means of debugfs_use_file_start()
- * and debugfs_use_file_finish(). ->open() is still protected by
+ * methods against file removals by means of debugfs_file_get()
+ * and debugfs_file_put(). ->open() is still protected by
  * debugfs though.
  *
  * Any struct file_operations defined by means of