diff --git a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
index dee62b3f..cf1bc439 100644
--- a/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
+++ b/qemu/target-arm/cpu.h
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ 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;