diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c b/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c
index d2ca8d913db7..1e9ecb8e7994 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
 /*
  * We keep a private variable for the simulation time, but we could
- * probably use an existing one ("softticks" in sys/kern/kern_timer.c)
+ * probably use an existing one ("softticks" in sys/kern/kern_timeout.c)
  */
 static dn_key curr_time = 0 ; /* current simulation time */