diff --git a/libavcodec/mediacodec_sw_buffer.c b/libavcodec/mediacodec_sw_buffer.c
index 349a68d3c2..7baf120539 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mediacodec_sw_buffer.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mediacodec_sw_buffer.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define QCOM_TILE_GROUP_SIZE (4 * QCOM_TILE_SIZE)
 
 /**
- * The code handling the the various YUV color formats is taken from the
+ * The code handling the various YUV color formats is taken from the
  * GStreamer project.
  *
  * Gstreamer reference: