diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
index c89a58cfc991c..e74fe84d08868 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ int ecryptfs_parse_packet_set(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
 		candidate_auth_tok = &auth_tok_list_item->auth_tok;
 		if (unlikely(ecryptfs_verbosity > 0)) {
 			ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG,
-					"Considering cadidate auth tok:\n");
+					"Considering candidate auth tok:\n");
 			ecryptfs_dump_auth_tok(candidate_auth_tok);
 		}
 		rc = ecryptfs_get_auth_tok_sig(&candidate_auth_tok_sig,