diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 2dfb3e7..5364d0be 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
 		goto errout;
 
 	/* compat_mode being true specifies a call that is supposed
-	 * to add additional backward compatiblity statistic TLVs.
+	 * to add additional backward compatibility statistic TLVs.
 	 */
 	if (compat_mode) {
 		if (a->type == TCA_OLD_COMPAT)