diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
index ba7e15fbde72..b9f11ef327e7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct pkt_attrib {
 	u32	last_txcmdsz;
 	u8	nr_frags;
 	u8	encrypt;	/* when 0 indicate no encrypt. when non-zero,
-				 * indicate the encrypt algorith
+				 * indicate the encrypt algorithm
 				 */
 	u8	iv_len;
 	u8	icv_len;