diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a4e8087a0cae..3961e759a256 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ sub process {
 		if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
 			my $expr = $1;
 			if ($line =~ /\bkfree\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
-				WARN("kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probabally not required\n" . $hereprev);
+				WARN("kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
 			}
 		}
 # check for needless usb_free_urb() checks