diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 3a03918..1bb4d7e 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Prepare credentials for current to perform an execve()
- * - The caller must hold current->cred_exec_mutex
+ * - The caller must hold current->cred_guard_mutex
  */
 struct cred *prepare_exec_creds(void)
 {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 	struct cred *new;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_init(&p->cred_exec_mutex);
+	mutex_init(&p->cred_guard_mutex);
 
 	if (
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS