diff --git a/sys/dev/kbd/kbdreg.h b/sys/dev/kbd/kbdreg.h
index 3745dc11b7fa..2aefefdfb2ee 100644
--- a/sys/dev/kbd/kbdreg.h
+++ b/sys/dev/kbd/kbdreg.h
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ kbd_get_fkeystr_t	genkbd_get_fkeystr;
 kbd_diag_t		genkbd_diag;
 
 int 	genkbd_commonioctl(keyboard_t *kbd, u_long cmd, caddr_t arg);
-int 	genkbd_keyaction(keyboard_t *kbd, int keycode, int down,
+int 	genkbd_keyaction(keyboard_t *kbd, int keycode, int up,
 			 int *shiftstate, int *accents);
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL */