diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/clkdev.c b/arch/sh/kernel/clkdev.c
index defdd6e30908..befc255830a4 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/clkdev.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/clkdev.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(clocks_mutex);
  *  If an entry has a device ID, it must match
  *  If an entry has a connection ID, it must match
  * Then we take the most specific entry - with the following
- * order of precidence: dev+con > dev only > con only.
+ * order of precedence: dev+con > dev only > con only.
  */
 static struct clk *clk_find(const char *dev_id, const char *con_id)
 {