diff --git a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
index e2b843b4f9d0963c681c6fe877bddd48bdd2ee7c..27551e963e524881a46b58fa0f9397420387f6e3 100644
--- a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ int snd_ac97_update_bits(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg, unsigned sho
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_ac97_update_bits);
 
-/* no lock version - see snd_ac97_updat_bits() */
+/* no lock version - see snd_ac97_update_bits() */
 int snd_ac97_update_bits_nolock(struct snd_ac97 *ac97, unsigned short reg,
 				unsigned short mask, unsigned short value)
 {