diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index 2b3438de2c4d..84a9fd21df3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void virtio_device_ready(struct virtio_device *dev)
 	 * specific set_status() method.
 	 *
 	 * A well behaved device will only notify a virtqueue after
-	 * DRIVER_OK, this means the device should "see" the coherenct
+	 * DRIVER_OK, this means the device should "see" the coherent
 	 * memory write that set vq->broken as false which is done by
 	 * the driver when it sees DRIVER_OK, then the following
 	 * driver's vring_interrupt() will see vq->broken as false so