diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
index aa3daec2049d9..6706141a5ccd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ptp.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void i40e_ptp_rx_hang(struct i40e_pf *pf)
  * This watchdog task is run periodically to make sure that we clear the Tx
  * timestamp logic if we don't obtain a timestamp in a reasonable amount of
  * time. It is unexpected in the normal case but if it occurs it results in
- * permanently prevent timestamps of future packets
+ * permanently preventing timestamps of future packets.
  **/
 void i40e_ptp_tx_hang(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 {