1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 6aefb776dfeb..cdd51a3a7c53 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_fcntl64(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
                 ret = sys_fcntl(fd, cmd, (unsigned long)&f);
                 set_fs(old_fs);
                 if (cmd == F_GETLK && ret == 0) {
-                        /* GETLK was successfule and we need to return the data...
+                        /* GETLK was successful and we need to return the data...
                          * but it needs to fit in the compat structure.
                          * l_start shouldn't be too big, unless the original
                          * start + end is greater than COMPAT_OFF_T_MAX, in which