diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index f03a9e7094bc9d619029324c74dc2a719b14a44e..0171c19a5467e12f38af38368be7e450dd4c04d4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3698,7 +3698,7 @@ void ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 
 	/*
 	 * There is a possibility that we're either freeing the inode
-	 * or it completely new indode. In those cases we might not
+	 * or it's a completely new inode. In those cases we might not
 	 * have i_mutex locked because it's not necessary.
 	 */
 	if (!(inode->i_state & (I_NEW|I_FREEING)))