diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_template.S b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_template.S
index 410fbdb8163ffdba5af4a8742849bfd3f73efeea..f5b9210f1c83b2c5dc780ddf7252b991751b30d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/copy_template.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/copy_template.S
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ D_h	.req	x14
 	sub	count, count, tmp2
 	/*
 	* Copy the leading memory data from src to dst in an increasing
-	* address order.By this way,the risk of overwritting the source
+	* address order.By this way,the risk of overwriting the source
 	* memory data is eliminated when the distance between src and
 	* dst is less than 16. The memory accesses here are alignment.
 	*/
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/bfin_mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/bfin_mac.c
index a8173130373056b3a245b241f834312ded0f8fed..a9ac58c351a05cb1b568361e73e8df34e98b2b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/bfin_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/adi/bfin_mac.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static void bfin_mac_rx(struct bfin_mac_local *lp)
 	/* reserve 2 bytes for RXDWA padding */
 	skb_reserve(new_skb, NET_IP_ALIGN);
 	/* Invalidate the data cache of skb->data range when it is write back
-	 * cache. It will prevent overwritting the new data from DMA
+	 * cache. It will prevent overwriting the new data from DMA
 	 */
 	blackfin_dcache_invalidate_range((unsigned long)new_skb->head,
 					 (unsigned long)new_skb->end);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c
index 2788a5409023ef41ad9ba62620acbc398b96d490..68812d783f33e02cb34ec0a8bcc25f9eba72d354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_phy.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ s32 igb_write_phy_reg_i2c(struct e1000_hw *hw, u32 offset, u16 data)
 	u32 i, i2ccmd = 0;
 	u16 phy_data_swapped;
 
-	/* Prevent overwritting SFP I2C EEPROM which is at A0 address.*/
+	/* Prevent overwriting SFP I2C EEPROM which is at A0 address.*/
 	if ((hw->phy.addr == 0) || (hw->phy.addr > 7)) {
 		hw_dbg("PHY I2C Address %d is out of range.\n",
 			  hw->phy.addr);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index 02fe1c4aae2fdb1718f2e9ebf7a476d363159249..bdffb692bded453145765ab08aefa483122a0b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ mpt3sas_send_diag_release(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u8 buffer_type,
  *
  * This allows ownership of the specified buffer to returned to the driver,
  * allowing an application to read the buffer without fear that firmware is
- * overwritting information in the buffer.
+ * overwriting information in the buffer.
  */
 static long
 _ctl_diag_release(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, void __user *arg)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h
index f3e17a8c1b07ba08e1ea4ca559ef0e7b5b598f89..a44046cff0f3d9a3d52b3d6adfb893341cb2bc9e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ struct mpt3_diag_query {
  *
  * This allows ownership of the specified buffer to returned to the driver,
  * allowing an application to read the buffer without fear that firmware is
- * overwritting information in the buffer.
+ * overwriting information in the buffer.
  */
 struct mpt3_diag_release {
 	struct mpt3_ioctl_header hdr;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 8b232290be6b97a04be362582e4a4d87db8d9185..1a6f78d7d0275fb539dcbbc618ca00df6aa2e49e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ void usbip_pad_iso(struct usbip_device *ud, struct urb *urb)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * loop over all packets from last to first (to prevent overwritting
+	 * loop over all packets from last to first (to prevent overwriting
 	 * memory when padding) and move them into the proper place
 	 */
 	for (i = np-1; i > 0; i--) {
diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt
index ea01f005cf38c185c158cfe0b3f988691398adc5..28753c25f4360d066c8b5f4b2dca4952b1947a6f 100644
--- a/scripts/spelling.txt
+++ b/scripts/spelling.txt
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ overlaping||overlapping
 overrided||overridden
 overriden||overridden
 overun||overrun
+overwritting||overwriting
 pacakge||package
 pachage||package
 packacge||package