diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index fe6e3ae8e8c6..92a2d4885808 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@ static void update_refs(struct kmemleak_object *object)
 }
 
 /*
- * Memory scanning is a long process and it needs to be interruptable. This
+ * Memory scanning is a long process and it needs to be interruptible. This
  * function checks whether such interrupt condition occurred.
  */
 static int scan_should_stop(void)