diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c
index fe562db475e9..7452269bba2a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Based upon code written by Ross Biro, Linus Torvalds, Bob Manson,
  * and David Mosberger.
  *
- * Added Linux support -miguel (weird, eh?, the orignal code was meant
+ * Added Linux support -miguel (weird, eh?, the original code was meant
  * to emulate SunOS).
  */