diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 093535c6217b46000007f370fb047ea8ee24919c..26370597c5b12cfeff244c3d450bea3b1db9fad8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void nvec_gpio_set_value(struct nvec_chip *nvec, int value)
  * and return immediately.
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, a negative error code on failure. If a failure
- * occured, the nvec driver may print an error.
+ * occurred, the nvec driver may print an error.
  */
 int nvec_write_async(struct nvec_chip *nvec, const unsigned char *data,
 			short size)