diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 61448c19a132c29c92238e782330401ddf0fba17..68ccc5b1913b485ba940dc6fa283a6ec7c0a381d 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ struct pmu {
 	 *  -EBUSY	-- @event is for this PMU but PMU temporarily unavailable
 	 *  -EINVAL	-- @event is for this PMU but @event is not valid
 	 *  -EOPNOTSUPP -- @event is for this PMU, @event is valid, but not supported
-	 *  -EACCESS	-- @event is for this PMU, @event is valid, but no privilidges
+	 *  -EACCES	-- @event is for this PMU, @event is valid, but no privileges
 	 *
 	 *  0		-- @event is for this PMU and valid
 	 *