diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
index 9935e66935af..350d2e73b419 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ u8 rtw_joinbss_cmd(struct adapter  *padapter, struct wlan_network *pnetwork)
 
 	psecnetwork->IELength = 0;
 	/*  Added by Albert 2009/02/18 */
-	/*  If the the driver wants to use the bssid to create the connection. */
+	/*  If the driver wants to use the bssid to create the connection. */
 	/*  If not,  we have to copy the connecting AP's MAC address to it so that */
 	/*  the driver just has the bssid information for PMKIDList searching. */