diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
index bba66902c83b6ada2e3a475572fa5f7101a05a6b..47634f27f2e5eca62cc6335d95fc246e13a6deb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ring.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void radeon_ring_write(struct radeon_ring *ring, uint32_t v)
 {
 #if DRM_DEBUG_CODE
 	if (ring->count_dw <= 0) {
-		DRM_ERROR("radeon: writting more dword to ring than expected !\n");
+		DRM_ERROR("radeon: writing more dwords to the ring than expected!\n");
 	}
 #endif
 	ring->ring[ring->wptr++] = v;