diff --git a/drivers/ide/pci/cs5535.c b/drivers/ide/pci/cs5535.c
index 9094916e37803c61a02306f0d402653a771a2fc7..ddcbeba671e19ca749c3dc3f74aefbf898944473 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/pci/cs5535.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/pci/cs5535.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 #define ATAC_BM0_PRD		0x04
 #define CS5535_CABLE_DETECT	0x48
 
-/* Format I PIO settings. We seperate out cmd and data for safer timings */
+/* Format I PIO settings. We separate out cmd and data for safer timings */
 
 static unsigned int cs5535_pio_cmd_timings[5] =
 { 0xF7F4, 0x53F3, 0x13F1, 0x5131, 0x1131 };