diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
index 65c8727..ecc04b5 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 			return 0;	// No free blocks in this bitmap
 		}
 
-		/* search for a first zero bit -- beggining of a window */
+		/* search for a first zero bit -- beginning of a window */
 		*beg = reiserfs_find_next_zero_le_bit
 		    ((unsigned long *)(bh->b_data), boundary, *beg);