diff --git a/net/socket/getsockopt.c b/net/socket/getsockopt.c
index ec42620699dad..df4fdd61e75ff 100644
--- a/net/socket/getsockopt.c
+++ b/net/socket/getsockopt.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ int psock_getsockopt(FAR struct socket *psock, int level, int option,
 {
   int ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 
-  /* Verify that the socket option if valid (but might not be supported ) */
+  /* Verify that the socket option is valid (but might not be supported ) */
 
   if (value == NULL || value_len == NULL || *value_len == 0)
     {