diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 57d8ef6ee4dd..440af1d899b9 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2261,8 +2261,8 @@ static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 				 * Even though compaction is invoked for any
 				 * non-zero order, only frequent costly order
 				 * reclamation is disruptive enough to become a
-				 * noticable problem, like transparent huge page
-				 * allocations.
+				 * noticeable problem, like transparent huge
+				 * page allocations.
 				 */
 				if (compaction_ready(zone, sc)) {
 					aborted_reclaim = true;