diff --git a/security/apparmor/match.c b/security/apparmor/match.c
index 280eba082c7bfbb05b0c96d8d4bd7aa3e604a7a8..55f2ee505a019411de885560a5e80f79a23d0e5b 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/match.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/match.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ unsigned int aa_dfa_match(struct aa_dfa *dfa, unsigned int start,
 
 /**
  * aa_dfa_next - step one character to the next state in the dfa
- * @dfa: the dfa to tranverse (NOT NULL)
+ * @dfa: the dfa to traverse (NOT NULL)
  * @state: the state to start in
  * @c: the input character to transition on
  *