diff --git a/audio/winwaveaudio.c b/audio/winwaveaudio.c
index 87e7493270e541011823e759e55c19ba37a5fb3d..663abb9b508adc6fbf06d11587e6addd55bf8280 100644
--- a/audio/winwaveaudio.c
+++ b/audio/winwaveaudio.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void winwave_log_mmresult (MMRESULT mr)
         break;
 
     case MMSYSERR_NOMEM:
-        str = "Unable to allocate or locl memory";
+        str = "Unable to allocate or lock memory";
         break;
 
     case WAVERR_SYNC: