diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index b6cacc4cccf22117ab4dd0db90633d5f6def861f..31142b72f1b951ad365a4532d146e4873eeaf652 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void hv_synic_free(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * hv_synic_init - Initialize the Synthethic Interrupt Controller.
+ * hv_synic_init - Initialize the Synthetic Interrupt Controller.
  *
  * If it is already initialized by another entity (ie x2v shim), we need to
  * retrieve the initialized message and event pages.  Otherwise, we create and