diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index f4e811c8623c9c110adfcc50f8db0cd5160fe5c6..557c9c7cdd88e5ef654546f163a5f91cc013e87f 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void futex_wait_queue_me(struct futex_hash_bucket *hb, struct futex_q *q,
  *
  * Returns:
  *  0 - uaddr contains val and hb has been locked
- * <1 - -EFAULT or -EWOULDBLOCK (uaddr does not contain val) and hb is unlcoked
+ * <1 - -EFAULT or -EWOULDBLOCK (uaddr does not contain val) and hb is unlocked
  */
 static int futex_wait_setup(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 val, unsigned int flags,
 			   struct futex_q *q, struct futex_hash_bucket **hb)