diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/in.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/in.h
index 3d0d8231dc19..7d6687618d80 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/in.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/in.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ struct in_addr {
  * this socket to prevent accepting spoofed ones.
  */
 #define IP_PMTUDISC_INTERFACE		4
-/* weaker version of IP_PMTUDISC_INTERFACE, which allos packets to get
+/* weaker version of IP_PMTUDISC_INTERFACE, which allows packets to get
  * fragmented if they exeed the interface mtu
  */
 #define IP_PMTUDISC_OMIT		5