diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 7250082e7de56..004c54132a3b5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ __nf_conntrack_confirm(struct sk_buff *skb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__nf_conntrack_confirm);
 
-/* Returns true if a connection correspondings to the tuple (required
+/* Returns true if a connection corresponds to the tuple (required
    for NAT). */
 int
 nf_conntrack_tuple_taken(const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,