diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/devices.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/devices.c
index ec10f7edcf868713891e1d1e5f0d1b3ee38df00c..0e03c8e218cd015bc9180c799429632341270c55 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/devices.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/devices.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/cpudata.h>
 
-/* Used to synchronize acceses to NatSemi SUPER I/O chip configure
+/* Used to synchronize accesses to NatSemi SUPER I/O chip configure
  * operations in asm/ns87303.h
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ns87303_lock);
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
index 9ac9a307999ade4a2d56e609d12fca3bcf6008cc..7455f5d05519bf836f3c182364405dd4c2b003d5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static void __init build_device_resources(struct of_device *op,
 	/* Convert to num-entries.  */
 	num_reg /= na + ns;
 
-	/* Prevent overruning the op->resources[] array.  */
+	/* Prevent overrunning the op->resources[] array.  */
 	if (num_reg > PROMREG_MAX) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Too many regs (%d), "
 		       "limiting to %d.\n",
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static struct of_device * __init scan_one_device(struct device_node *dp,
 		op->num_irqs = 0;
 	}
 
-	/* Prevent overruning the op->irqs[] array.  */
+	/* Prevent overrunning the op->irqs[] array.  */
 	if (op->num_irqs > PROMINTR_MAX) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Too many irqs (%d), "
 		       "limiting to %d.\n",
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c
index dfd6f9f4790b852035a5143f77559163d7e587ad..70d2364fdfe0b6910be668dd9e5a032752c25e4b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_iommu.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ static inline void fill_sg(iopte_t *iopte, struct scatterlist *sg,
 /* Map a set of buffers described by SGLIST with NELEMS array
  * elements in streaming mode for PCI DMA.
  * When making changes here, inspect the assembly output. I was having
- * hard time to kepp this routine out of using stack slots for holding variables.
+ * hard time to keep this routine out of using stack slots for holding variables.
  */
 static int pci_4u_map_sg(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct scatterlist *sglist, int nelems, int direction)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_sun4v.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_sun4v.c
index 34df4047587a4db2c95506410e5e2edd96b35837..044e8ec4c0f593d17113d58e0c4aa89369f22c65 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_sun4v.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_sun4v.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ struct pci_sun4v_msiq_entry {
 
 	u64		msi_address;
 
-	/* The format of this value is message type dependant.
+	/* The format of this value is message type dependent.
 	 * For MSI bits 15:0 are the data from the MSI packet.
 	 * For MSI-X bits 31:0 are the data from the MSI packet.
 	 * For MSG, the message code and message routing code where:
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
index 8e3c6e435110a2ae186f5d02bb5fbe720487e96a..952762bfb4c04c47bcc3118dee8e73b50ac903ed 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
  * NOTE! Only a kernel-only process(ie the swapper or direct descendants
  * who haven't done an "execve()") should use this: it will work within
  * a system call from a "real" process, but the process memory space will
- * not be free'd until both the parent and the child have exited.
+ * not be freed until both the parent and the child have exited.
  */
 pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
index b7976b14d0bac15319520d13316cb4492605eeb7..02830e4671f5824c9a9216d496037e562cfc275a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/prom.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ static unsigned int fire_irq_build(struct device_node *dp,
 	/* The interrupt map registers do not have an INO field
 	 * like other chips do.  They return zero in the INO
 	 * field, and the interrupt controller number is controlled
-	 * in bits 6 thru 9.  So in order for build_irq() to get
+	 * in bits 6 to 9.  So in order for build_irq() to get
 	 * the INO right we pass it in as part of the fixup
 	 * which will get added to the map register zero value
 	 * read by build_irq().
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
index d7004eaf1c8e7cb198630cfe6dce89be561c0825..6e5b01d779d2d484fc60728010058fdd70dc4280 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/mm/init.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static unsigned long __init bootmem_init(unsigned long *pages_avail,
 	if (initrd_start) {
 		size = initrd_end - initrd_start;
 
-		/* Resert the initrd image area. */
+		/* Reserve the initrd image area. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOTMEM
 		prom_printf("reserve_bootmem(initrd): base[%llx] size[%lx]\n",
 			initrd_start, initrd_end);