diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 3d5d536f8fd6..7360d16ce46d 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static inline u32 inotify_mask_to_arg(__u32 mask)
 		       IN_Q_OVERFLOW);
 }
 
-/* intofiy userspace file descriptor functions */
+/* inotify userspace file descriptor functions */
 static __poll_t inotify_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct fsnotify_group *group = file->private_data;