diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 547d9c8631f5ed05a86e98e334c28d7b76da9c33..b6cb06451f4be9295608a4156d3c32809773919a 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ static int __init init_mqueue_fs(void)
 	if (mqueue_inode_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* ignore failues - they are not fatal */
+	/* ignore failures - they are not fatal */
 	mq_sysctl_table = mq_register_sysctl_table();
 
 	error = register_filesystem(&mqueue_fs_type);