diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index b98436f5c7c7..13a8a77322c9 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ int set_cifs_acl(struct cifs_ntsd *pnntsd, __u32 acllen,
 	return rc;
 }
 
-/* Translate the CIFS ACL (simlar to NTFS ACL) for a file into mode bits */
+/* Translate the CIFS ACL (similar to NTFS ACL) for a file into mode bits */
 int
 cifs_acl_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_fattr *fattr,
 		  struct inode *inode, const char *path,