diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index ecfac64b39fe..9fedca611b7f 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ coccinelle () {
     REQ_NUM=$(echo $REQ | ${DIR}/scripts/ld-version.sh)
     if [ "$REQ_NUM" != "0" ] ; then
 	    if [ "$SPATCH_VERSION_NUM" -lt "$REQ_NUM" ] ; then
-		    echo "Skipping coccinele SmPL patch: $COCCI"
+		    echo "Skipping coccinelle SmPL patch: $COCCI"
 		    echo "You have coccinelle:           $SPATCH_VERSION"
 		    echo "This SmPL patch requires:      $REQ"
 		    return