1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 5ce6fa6e59f0..44bf8d4a216b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int matroxfb_decode_var(const struct matrox_fb_info *minfo,
                 var->yoffset = var->yres_virtual - var->yres;
 
         if (bpp == 16 && var->green.length == 5) {
-                bpp--; /* an artifical value - 15 */
+                bpp--; /* an artificial value - 15 */
         }
 
         for (rgbt = table; rgbt->bpp < bpp; rgbt++);