diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
index 33a6af7aad22..bd5b554787d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac.c
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ void ieee80211_start_bss(struct ieee80211_device *ieee)
 
 	/* ensure no-one start an associating process (thus setting
 	 * the ieee->state to ieee80211_ASSOCIATING) while we
-	 * have just cheked it and we are going to enable scan.
+	 * have just checked it and we are going to enable scan.
 	 * The ieee80211_new_net function is always called with
 	 * lock held (from both ieee80211_softmac_check_all_nets and
 	 * the rx path), so we cannot be in the middle of such function