diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 281c00129a2e..18c5d005bd01 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static struct stable_node *alloc_stable_node_chain(struct stable_node *dup,
 		 * Move the old stable node to the second dimension
 		 * queued in the hlist_dup. The invariant is that all
 		 * dup stable_nodes in the chain->hlist point to pages
-		 * that are wrprotected and have the exact same
+		 * that are write protected and have the exact same
 		 * content.
 		 */
 		stable_node_chain_add_dup(dup, chain);
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
 
 	/*
 	 * No need to check ksm_use_zero_pages here: we can only have a
-	 * zero_page here if ksm_use_zero_pages was enabled alreaady.
+	 * zero_page here if ksm_use_zero_pages was enabled already.
 	 */
 	if (!is_zero_pfn(page_to_pfn(kpage))) {
 		get_page(kpage);
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ again:
 			 * continue. All KSM pages belonging to the
 			 * stable_node dups in a stable_node chain
 			 * have the same content and they're
-			 * wrprotected at all times. Any will work
+			 * write protected at all times. Any will work
 			 * fine to continue the walk.
 			 */
 			tree_page = get_ksm_page(stable_node_any,
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ again:
 			 * continue. All KSM pages belonging to the
 			 * stable_node dups in a stable_node chain
 			 * have the same content and they're
-			 * wrprotected at all times. Any will work
+			 * write protected at all times. Any will work
 			 * fine to continue the walk.
 			 */
 			tree_page = get_ksm_page(stable_node_any,
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ static void stable_tree_append(struct rmap_item *rmap_item,
 	 * duplicate. page_migration could break later if rmap breaks,
 	 * so we can as well crash here. We really need to check for
 	 * rmap_hlist_len == STABLE_NODE_CHAIN, but we can as well check
-	 * for other negative values as an undeflow if detected here
+	 * for other negative values as an underflow if detected here
 	 * for the first time (and not when decreasing rmap_hlist_len)
 	 * would be sign of memory corruption in the stable_node.
 	 */