diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 723af67c2e..88ff34f574 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static size_t save_page_header(RAMState *rs, QEMUFile *f,  RAMBlock *block,
 }
 
 /**
- * mig_throttle_guest_down: throotle down the guest
+ * mig_throttle_guest_down: throttle down the guest
  *
  * Reduce amount of guest cpu execution to hopefully slow down memory
  * writes. If guest dirty memory rate is reduced below the rate at