diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
index fb833d1a35..6b5b981f18 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_migration.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ libxlMigrateReceive(virNetSocketPtr sock,
         goto fail;
     }
     VIR_DEBUG("Accepted migration connection."
-              "  Spawing thread to process migration data");
+              "  Spawning thread to process migration data");
     recvfd = virNetSocketDupFD(client_sock, true);
     virObjectUnref(client_sock);