diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 972e7a0cda5eacb76d547c63ed3ee20fd490623b..a8bf17f18a81043efd254d591c685edaa1c53046 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ int overcommit_policy_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
 	 * The deviation of sync_overcommit_as could be big with loose policy
 	 * like OVERCOMMIT_ALWAYS/OVERCOMMIT_GUESS. When changing policy to
 	 * strict OVERCOMMIT_NEVER, we need to reduce the deviation to comply
-	 * with the strict "NEVER", and to avoid possible race condtion (even
+	 * with the strict "NEVER", and to avoid possible race condition (even
 	 * though user usually won't too frequently do the switching to policy
 	 * OVERCOMMIT_NEVER), the switch is done in the following order:
 	 *	1. changing the batch