diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 9a41f6f245b7..e975bd82f38b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ int dbg_check_tnc(struct ubifs_info *c, int extra)
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  * @leaf_cb: called for each leaf node
  * @znode_cb: called for each indexing node
- * @priv: private date which is passed to callbacks
+ * @priv: private data which is passed to callbacks
  *
  * This function walks the UBIFS index and calls the @leaf_cb for each leaf
  * node and @znode_cb for each indexing node. Returns zero in case of success
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/gc.c b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
index 9760154d874b..bad3339a800d 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/gc.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ int ubifs_garbage_collect_leb(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *lp)
 
 		/*
 		 * Don't release the LEB until after the next commit, because
-		 * it may contain date which is needed for recovery. So
+		 * it may contain data which is needed for recovery. So
 		 * although we freed this LEB, it will become usable only after
 		 * the commit.
 		 */