diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 35b4bbfc78ff6ee7d3f389baf0430231ed09af7b..36d563fd9e3b40d78f778f2bc46f339380daa6c3 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ sys_timer_create(const clockid_t which_clock,
 		goto retry;
 	else if (error) {
 		/*
-		 * Wierd looking, but we return EAGAIN if the IDR is
+		 * Weird looking, but we return EAGAIN if the IDR is
 		 * full (proper POSIX return value for this)
 		 */
 		error = -EAGAIN;