diff --git a/target-arm/cpu.h b/target-arm/cpu.h
index b8b3364615..52284e9aaf 100644
--- a/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ static inline bool arm_is_secure_below_el3(CPUARMState *env)
     if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_EL3)) {
         return !(env->cp15.scr_el3 & SCR_NS);
     } else {
-        /* If EL2 is not supported then the secure state is implementation
+        /* If EL3 is not supported then the secure state is implementation
          * defined, in which case QEMU defaults to non-secure.
          */
         return false;