diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 6cb919f60011..cdb9b9bdea1f 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ read_failure:
 				if (new_bh && bh) {
 					/* If middle bh fails, let previous bh
 					 * finish its read and then put it to
-					 * aovoid bh leak
+					 * avoid bh leak
 					 */
 					if (!buffer_jbd(bh))
 						wait_on_buffer(bh);