diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
index bb9bb595c1a8..8e5d87984a48 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-sim.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ struct gpio_sim_bank {
 	 *
 	 * So we need to store the pointer to the parent struct here. We can
 	 * dereference it anywhere we need with no checks and no locking as
-	 * it's guaranteed to survive the childred and protected by configfs
+	 * it's guaranteed to survive the children and protected by configfs
 	 * locks.
 	 *
 	 * Same for other structures.