diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
index adcba7f1d8ea..98abd2351d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ _drbd_set_state(struct drbd_device *device, union drbd_state ns,
 
 	remember_new_state(state_change);
 
-	/* put replicated vs not-replicated requests in seperate epochs */
+	/* put replicated vs not-replicated requests in separate epochs */
 	if (drbd_should_do_remote((union drbd_dev_state)os.i) !=
 	    drbd_should_do_remote((union drbd_dev_state)ns.i))
 		start_new_tl_epoch(connection);