diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 7ad9d6590818..7c9dfd50c1c1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_locked_inode(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	mlog_bug_on_msg(!!(fe->i_flags & cpu_to_le32(OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL)) !=
 			!!(args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE),
-			"Inode %llu: system file state is ambigous\n",
+			"Inode %llu: system file state is ambiguous\n",
 			(unsigned long long)args->fi_blkno);
 
 	if (S_ISCHR(le16_to_cpu(fe->i_mode)) ||