diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
index dbb1eb6e284f..e0fecf206f2c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/hazards.h
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
  * address of a label as argument to inline assembler.	Gas otoh has the
  * annoying difference between la and dla which are only usable for 32-bit
  * rsp. 64-bit code, so can't be used without conditional compilation.
- * The alterantive is switching the assembler to 64-bit code which happens
- * to work right even for 32-bit code ...
+ * The alternative is switching the assembler to 64-bit code which happens
+ * to work right even for 32-bit code...
  */
 #define instruction_hazard()						\
 do {									\
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ do {									\
  * address of a label as argument to inline assembler.	Gas otoh has the
  * annoying difference between la and dla which are only usable for 32-bit
  * rsp. 64-bit code, so can't be used without conditional compilation.
- * The alterantive is switching the assembler to 64-bit code which happens
- * to work right even for 32-bit code ...
+ * The alternative is switching the assembler to 64-bit code which happens
+ * to work right even for 32-bit code...
  */
 #define __instruction_hazard()						\
 do {									\