diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
index c23b65aaa27b..625ed5a3a020 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static void pblk_prepare_resubmit(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry,
 		/* Release flags on write context. Protect from writes */
 		smp_store_release(&w_ctx->flags, flags);
 
-		/* Decrese the reference count to the line as we will
+		/* Decrease the reference count to the line as we will
 		 * re-map these entries
 		 */
 		line = pblk_ppa_to_line(pblk, w_ctx->ppa);