diff --git a/include/linux/prefetch.h b/include/linux/prefetch.h
index fc86f274147f..1adfe668d031 100644
--- a/include/linux/prefetch.h
+++ b/include/linux/prefetch.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	
 	prefetch(x)  	- prefetches the cacheline at "x" for read
 	prefetchw(x)	- prefetches the cacheline at "x" for write
-	spin_lock_prefetch(x) - prefectches the spinlock *x for taking
+	spin_lock_prefetch(x) - prefetches the spinlock *x for taking
 	
 	there is also PREFETCH_STRIDE which is the architecure-prefered 
 	"lookahead" size for prefetching streamed operations.