diff --git a/src/shared/acl-util.c b/src/shared/acl-util.c
index b24ed77985..889a971d88 100644
--- a/src/shared/acl-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/acl-util.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ int acl_search_groups(const char *path, char ***ret_groups) {
 }
 
 int parse_acl(const char *text, acl_t *acl_access, acl_t *acl_default, bool want_mask) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char **a = NULL, **d = NULL; /* strings are not be freed */
+        _cleanup_free_ char **a = NULL, **d = NULL; /* strings are not freed */
         _cleanup_strv_free_ char **split;
         char **entry;
         int r = -EINVAL;