diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 142683d..eefd5b6 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2713,7 +2713,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	/* ignore errors, just check how much was sucessfully transfered */
+	/* ignore errors, just check how much was successfully transferred */
 	while (len) {
 		int bytes, ret, offset;
 		void *maddr;