diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index ed9489d893a487f250868f8de603c84e707feaf8..856d34dde79bc9d81faae4171fb0c5492829c133 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ struct spi_transfer {
  * sequence completes.  On some systems, many such sequences can execute as
  * as single programmed DMA transfer.  On all systems, these messages are
  * queued, and might complete after transactions to other devices.  Messages
- * sent to a given spi_device are alway executed in FIFO order.
+ * sent to a given spi_device are always executed in FIFO order.
  *
  * The code that submits an spi_message (and its spi_transfers)
  * to the lower layers is responsible for managing its memory.