diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 928e5ca0caee271e849fabeff0fa522a59650cc6..0444b1336268d856e2dcf97f0d8fb41afe80b2cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * clobbered. The issue is as follows: while the inline asm might
  * access any memory it wants, the compiler could have fit all of
  * @ptr into memory registers instead, and since @ptr never escaped
- * from that, it proofed that the inline asm wasn't touching any of
+ * from that, it proved that the inline asm wasn't touching any of
  * it. This version works well with both compilers, i.e. we're telling
  * the compiler that the inline asm absolutely may see the contents
  * of @ptr. See also: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15495