diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
index 775af26b99140ea8d45422c143db884fc2405ed7..f0fb00392d6b125b1aeaa2f70575b4b5c3f1ae03 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 unsigned short spk_xs, spk_ys, spk_xe, spk_ye; /* our region points */
 
 /* Variables for selection control. */
-/* must not be disallocated */
+/* must not be deallocated */
 struct vc_data *spk_sel_cons;
 /* cleared by clear_selection */
 static int sel_start = -1;