diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ea2ce3c..3f54db3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@
 		 */
 		newdepth = ext_depth(inode);
 		/*
-		 * update the extent length after successfull insert of the
+		 * update the extent length after successful insert of the
 		 * split extent
 		 */
 		orig_ex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ee_len -