diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index f9cfd168fbe2d4d408800e964268a8d40a3ec9ac..5e480d55504956d6baaf315c815913ec720dfae9 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ static const struct file_operations eventpoll_fops = {
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
 };
 
-/* Fast test to see if the file is an evenpoll file */
+/* Fast test to see if the file is an eventpoll file */
 static inline int is_file_epoll(struct file *f)
 {
 	return f->f_op == &eventpoll_fops;