diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 8e5addc458742a..82f22885c87e99 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 
 /**
  * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
- * @uuid:	char array containing ascii UUID
+ * @uuid_str:	char array containing ascii UUID
  *
  * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
  * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
  * by filesystem UUIDs.
  *
- * If @uuid is followed by a "/PARTNROFF=%d", then the number will be
+ * If @uuid_str is followed by a "/PARTNROFF=%d", then the number will be
  * extracted and used as an offset from the partition identified by the UUID.
  *
  * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.