diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index d10da280fa0f..14fc189ac0a8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static void handle_rx_mergeable(struct vhost_net *net)
 			move_iovec_hdr(vq->iov, vq->hdr, vhost_hlen, in);
 		else
 			/* Copy the header for use in VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF:
-			 * needed because sendmsg can modify msg_iov. */
+			 * needed because recvmsg can modify msg_iov. */
 			copy_iovec_hdr(vq->iov, vq->hdr, sock_hlen, in);
 		msg.msg_iovlen = in;
 		err = sock->ops->recvmsg(NULL, sock, &msg,
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 073d06ae091f..2af44b7b1f3f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct vhost_virtqueue {
 	 * flush the vhost_work instead of synchronize_rcu. Therefore readers do
 	 * not need to call rcu_read_lock/rcu_read_unlock: the beginning of
 	 * vhost_work execution acts instead of rcu_read_lock() and the end of
-	 * vhost_work execution acts instead of rcu_read_lock().
+	 * vhost_work execution acts instead of rcu_read_unlock().
 	 * Writers use virtqueue mutex. */
 	void __rcu *private_data;
 	/* Log write descriptors */