diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 5c11ca8..47d2a44 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 	struct address_space *mapping = dir->i_mapping;
 	struct page *page;
 	/* We can deadlock if we try to free dentries,
-	   and an unlink/rmdir has just occured - GFP_NOFS avoids this */
+	   and an unlink/rmdir has just occurred - GFP_NOFS avoids this */
 	mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_NOFS);
 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, n >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, NULL);
 	if (!IS_ERR(page)) {