diff --git a/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c b/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c
index 8a3507524f7b79f66cf97a40a170872ddc22a344..33f17bd8cda717fa5e4d27a2d2add3a338c415d5 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c
+++ b/net/6lowpan/nhc_udp.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *	Authors:
  *	Alexander Aring	<aar@pengutronix.de>
  *
- *	Orignal written by:
+ *	Original written by:
  *	Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com>
  *	Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
  */
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int udp_uncompress(struct sk_buff *skb, size_t needed)
 	if (fail)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* UDP length needs to be infered from the lower layers
+	/* UDP length needs to be inferred from the lower layers
 	 * here, we obtain the hint from the remaining size of the
 	 * frame
 	 */