diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 518f15141170e733d8acee71cf288c31db6c9261..20c85eed1a7504997a9ab60d2c8247f04ab82995 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module_param(ql2xplogiabsentdevice, int, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xplogiabsentdevice,
 		"Option to enable PLOGI to devices that are not present after "
 		"a Fabric scan.  This is needed for several broken switches. "
-		"Default is 0 - no PLOGI. 1 - perfom PLOGI.");
+		"Default is 0 - no PLOGI. 1 - perform PLOGI.");
 
 int ql2xloginretrycount = 0;
 module_param(ql2xloginretrycount, int, S_IRUGO);