diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 450cebdabfc0..2c147a7e5f2c 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(invalidate_inode_pages2_range);
  * Any pages which are found to be mapped into pagetables are unmapped prior to
  * invalidation.
  *
- * Returns -EIO if any pages could not be invalidated.
+ * Returns -EBUSY if any pages could not be invalidated.
  */
 int invalidate_inode_pages2(struct address_space *mapping)
 {