diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8545818fb6d0..f5b6a0d1a67c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ __ATTR(resync_start, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, resync_start_show, resync_start_store);
  *     When written, doesn't tear down array, but just stops it
  * suspended (not supported yet)
  *     All IO requests will block. The array can be reconfigured.
- *     Writing this, if accepted, will block until array is quiessent
+ *     Writing this, if accepted, will block until array is quiescent
  * readonly
  *     no resync can happen.  no superblocks get written.
  *     write requests fail