diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 7033c90850b0b02f69c0dfe883f3722c660fac57..5862f1efb52c3d3134575c9abaf398f3d9836da5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -5604,7 +5604,7 @@ void cfg80211_ibss_joined(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *bssid,
  * @dev: network device
  * @macaddr: the MAC address of the new candidate
  * @ie: information elements advertised by the peer candidate
- * @ie_len: lenght of the information elements buffer
+ * @ie_len: length of the information elements buffer
  * @gfp: allocation flags
  *
  * This function notifies cfg80211 that the mesh peer candidate has been