diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
index 17645b2e2f07..4655ff342c64 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ GT4: /* r11 contains the rest - will be either 1 or 4 */
 GT16: /* TLB0 is 16MB */
 	addik	r9, r0, 0x1000000 /* means TLB0 is 16MB */
 TLB1:
-	/* must be used r2 because of substract if failed */
+	/* must be used r2 because of subtract if failed */
 	addik	r2, r11, -0x0400000
 	bgei	r2, GT20 /* size is greater than 16MB */
 	/* size is >16MB and <20MB */