diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index 20d8e07026a17c56116800c3b1a2cd3e78d47e44..27e99c7c57b96bf764283ab2604ea5047e1cd8cc 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ bool clk_is_match(const struct clk *p, const struct clk *q)
 	if (p == q)
 		return true;
 
-	/* true if clk->core pointers match. Avoid derefing garbage */
+	/* true if clk->core pointers match. Avoid dereferencing garbage */
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(p) && !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(q))
 		if (p->core == q->core)
 			return true;