diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
index 1862d8f2fd44c00d1d535a1b447a5ab6cdf333b7..0cd63d080c7bf2d93f35db5a69e3debc5147351e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes-test.c
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ static int __init run_all_tests(void)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	pr_info("Begining kprobe tests...\n");
+	pr_info("Beginning kprobe tests...\n");
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
index 342e378da1ece760b2c2b3531780cad9b897b95a..1f3b3ef3e103fbe3581670a62d03db2c5da9e153 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static irqreturn_t l2_ecc_err(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	int status;
 
-	printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happend\n");
+	printk(KERN_ERR "L2 ecc error happened\n");
 	status = bfin_read32(L2CTL0_STAT);
 	if (status & 0x1)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Core channel error type:0x%x, addr:0x%x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
index 81363ffa5357f11213c6b87b3dc4b0d80786d6ae..6e99d73563b8abbe8b5c6931b741ab15a5536a33 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ receive_dmsg(struct hfc_pci *hc)
 		    (df->data[le16_to_cpu(zp->z1)])) {
 			if (dch->debug & DEBUG_HW)
 				printk(KERN_DEBUG
-				       "empty_fifo hfcpci paket inv. len "
+				       "empty_fifo hfcpci packet inv. len "
 				       "%d or crc %d\n",
 				       rcnt,
 				       df->data[le16_to_cpu(zp->z1)]);
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
index 334fa90bed8ec73a348fcc29d85a7db8324b1ca5..f60d4be589414149f1ca7e6f9157d37012ef2d24 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_pci.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ receive_dmsg(struct IsdnCardState *cs)
 		if ((rcnt > MAX_DFRAME_LEN + 3) || (rcnt < 4) ||
 		    (df->data[zp->z1])) {
 			if (cs->debug & L1_DEB_WARN)
-				debugl1(cs, "empty_fifo hfcpci paket inv. len %d or crc %d", rcnt, df->data[zp->z1]);
+				debugl1(cs, "empty_fifo hfcpci packet inv. len %d or crc %d", rcnt, df->data[zp->z1]);
 #ifdef ERROR_STATISTIC
 			cs->err_rx++;
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.c
index 4db846be4369b1bd7b894e8a590437b81597ee82..4ec279ce052f0fc64f2d822b46a463fb562717fa 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/hfc_sx.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ read_fifo(struct IsdnCardState *cs, u_char fifo, int trans_max)
 
 		if ((count > fifo_size) || (count < 4)) {
 			if (cs->debug & L1_DEB_WARN)
-				debugl1(cs, "hfcsx_read_fifo %d paket inv. len %d ", fifo , count);
+				debugl1(cs, "hfcsx_read_fifo %d packet inv. len %d ", fifo , count);
 			while (count) {
 				count--; /* empty fifo */
 				Read_hfc(cs, HFCSX_FIF_DRD);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
index 97e68b38cfdf5ebab332f1ae0f670ed7b7edc56b..384921841598b7aa1b3a77a2bf29a62e43895691 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/tcm_usb_gadget.c
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ static struct se_node_acl *usbg_alloc_fabric_acl(struct se_portal_group *se_tpg)
 
 	nacl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usbg_nacl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nacl) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to alocate struct usbg_nacl\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate struct usbg_nacl\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
index aa31692064ddd08b6aa91718ed1ece369da74631..509ed1ab03eff55109294e1acbfe036653c9a043 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/tcm_vhost.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct se_node_acl *tcm_vhost_alloc_fabric_acl(
 
 	nacl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct tcm_vhost_nacl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nacl) {
-		pr_err("Unable to alocate struct tcm_vhost_nacl\n");
+		pr_err("Unable to allocate struct tcm_vhost_nacl\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index 961d664e2d2faacde4272fa83023919c6ebcf3ca..68dcc59cd28783bad5a62e97a272bd31114bca0b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int __devinit pcistub_init_device(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	if (!dev_data->pci_saved_state)
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Could not store PCI conf saved state!\n");
 	else {
-		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "reseting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
+		dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "resetting (FLR, D3, etc) the device\n");
 		__pci_reset_function_locked(dev);
 		pci_restore_state(dev);
 	}