diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 07599b492359f16bc348f4271eb32793a3a362e0..325fbc9612c96b57e465e07255cda608ed445f40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ spider_net_set_low_watermark(struct spider_net_card *card)
  * spider_net_release_tx_chain releases the tx descriptors that spider has
  * finished with (if non-brutal) or simply release tx descriptors (if brutal).
  * If some other context is calling this function, we return 1 so that we're
- * scheduled again (if we were scheduled) and will not loose initiative.
+ * scheduled again (if we were scheduled) and will not lose initiative.
  */
 static int
 spider_net_release_tx_chain(struct spider_net_card *card, int brutal)