diff --git a/lib/hostip.c b/lib/hostip.c
index b5bde96e4247c3b675e35ca318c3c24a984d2ae3..0ae6518f5760d0316616060cd6218e586b4b06c2 100644
--- a/lib/hostip.c
+++ b/lib/hostip.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ Curl_cache_addr(struct SessionHandle *data,
   dns = dns2;
   dns->inuse++;         /* mark entry as in-use */
 
-  /* free the allocated entry_id again */
+  /* free the allocated entry_id */
   free(entry_id);
 
   return dns;