diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
index 7f5a01a11f97d..2544694d40b9c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ const struct ovl_layer *ovl_layer_lower(struct dentry *dentry)
 
 /*
  * ovl_dentry_lower() could return either a data dentry or metacopy dentry
- * dependig on what is stored in lowerstack[0]. At times we need to find
+ * depending on what is stored in lowerstack[0]. At times we need to find
  * lower dentry which has data (and not metacopy dentry). This helper
  * returns the lower data dentry.
  */