diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 62a134dc421ae37d14307a44f09abc9c0d0c197a..00c75c44c2cf73dbd6373438f898ecf2e0e1454b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -2601,7 +2601,7 @@ sub config_bisect {
     # read directly what we want to check
     my %config_check;
     open (IN, $output_config)
-	or dodie "faied to open $output_config";
+	or dodie "failed to open $output_config";
 
     while (<IN>) {
 	if (/^((CONFIG\S*)=.*)/) {