diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
index 4c409b4..9b73e0b 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_dev.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
 /*
  * This processes a device up event. We only start up
  * the loopback device & ethernet devices with correct
- * MAC addreses automatically. Others must be started
+ * MAC addresses automatically. Others must be started
  * specifically.
  *
  * FIXME: How should we configure the loopback address ? If we could dispense