diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index dba218229d808e04933f970b18522f79e41dd63b..10862899fecc3c087b3b9926c5f8d5947b4e6d8b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -3231,7 +3231,7 @@ static int lxcFreezeContainer(virDomainObjPtr vm)
 
         /*
          * Returning EBUSY explicitly indicates that the group is
-         * being freezed but incomplete and other errors are true
+         * being frozen but incomplete, and other errors are true
          * errors.
          */
         if (r < 0 && r != -EBUSY) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 4ff8a2d0d70745d06cd1854a6ba7c9a16b73b286..e587183157dd56035392cce19a3bd44cc8e9c670 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -12091,7 +12091,7 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotFSFreeze(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
 {
     qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
     virQEMUDriverConfigPtr cfg;
-    int freezed;
+    int frozen;
 
     if (priv->quiesced) {
         virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_INVALID, "%s",
@@ -12113,9 +12113,9 @@ qemuDomainSnapshotFSFreeze(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
     virObjectUnref(cfg);
 
     qemuDomainObjEnterAgent(vm);
-    freezed = qemuAgentFSFreeze(priv->agent);
+    frozen = qemuAgentFSFreeze(priv->agent);
     qemuDomainObjExitAgent(vm);
-    return freezed < 0 ? -2 : freezed;
+    return frozen < 0 ? -2 : frozen;
 }
 
 /* Return -1 on error, otherwise number of thawed filesystems. */