diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 3bbaf5d230b0104b3c41ce7cd012079e1bda3f1c..c87ef92078539cf2157077a3c5c20163ee9114d6 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ static int __unmap_and_move(struct page *page, struct page *newpage,
 
 	if (PageWriteback(page)) {
 		/*
-		 * Only in the case of a full syncronous migration is it
+		 * Only in the case of a full synchronous migration is it
 		 * necessary to wait for PageWriteback. In the async case,
 		 * the retry loop is too short and in the sync-light case,
 		 * the overhead of stalling is too much