diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
index ae31e9698d92..f4c1da2f9352 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_p4.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ static __init int p4_pmu_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int low, high;
 
-	/* If we get stripped -- indexig fails */
+	/* If we get stripped -- indexing fails */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARCH_P4_MAX_CCCR > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
 
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE, low, high);