diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
index d29656fedd5b..21bb8b152711 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/passes.rs
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ fn run_required_analyses(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) {
 
     // Prefetch this to prevent multiple threads from blocking on it later.
     // This is needed since the `hir_id_validator::check_crate` call above is not guaranteed
-    // to use `hir_crate`.
+    // to use `hir_crate_items`.
     tcx.ensure_done().hir_crate_items(());
 
     let sess = tcx.sess;