diff --git a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
index 9fbe87c..bfa910b 100644
--- a/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
+++ b/net/decnet/af_decnet.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * The DECnet spec requires the the "routing layer" accepts packets which
+ * The DECnet spec requires that the "routing layer" accepts packets which
  * are at least 230 bytes in size. This excludes any headers which the NSP
  * layer might add, so we always assume that we'll be using the maximal
  * length header on data packets. The variation in length is due to the