diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c
index b65767f9e499b..fecc4d7b00b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@ static int velocity_close(struct net_device *dev)
  *	@skb: buffer to transmit
  *	@dev: network device
  *
- *	Called by the networ layer to request a packet is queued to
+ *	Called by the network layer to request a packet is queued to
  *	the velocity. Returns zero on success.
  */
 static netdev_tx_t velocity_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,