diff --git a/audio/alsaaudio.c b/audio/alsaaudio.c
index 3f9ffdbbcd..a573a380a3 100644
--- a/audio/alsaaudio.c
+++ b/audio/alsaaudio.c
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ static struct {
     unsigned int period_size_out;
     unsigned int threshold;
 
-    int buffer_size_in_overriden;
-    int period_size_in_overriden;
+    int buffer_size_in_overridden;
+    int period_size_in_overridden;
 
-    int buffer_size_out_overriden;
-    int period_size_out_overriden;
+    int buffer_size_out_overridden;
+    int period_size_out_overridden;
     int verbose;
 } conf = {
 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ static struct {
     .period_size_in = DEFAULT_PERIOD_SIZE * 4,
     .buffer_size_out = DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE,
     .period_size_out = DEFAULT_PERIOD_SIZE,
-    .buffer_size_in_overriden = 0,
-    .buffer_size_out_overriden = 0,
-    .period_size_in_overriden = 0,
-    .period_size_out_overriden = 0,
+    .buffer_size_in_overridden = 0,
+    .buffer_size_out_overridden = 0,
+    .period_size_in_overridden = 0,
+    .period_size_out_overridden = 0,
 #endif
     .threshold = 0,
     .verbose = 0
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ static int alsa_open (int in, struct alsa_params_req *req,
                 }
                 else {
                     if (period_size < minval) {
-                        if ((in && conf.period_size_in_overriden)
-                            || (!in && conf.period_size_out_overriden)) {
+                        if ((in && conf.period_size_in_overridden)
+                            || (!in && conf.period_size_out_overridden)) {
                             dolog ("%s period size(%d) is less "
                                    "than minmal period size(%ld)\n",
                                    typ,
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ static int alsa_open (int in, struct alsa_params_req *req,
             }
             else {
                 if (buffer_size < minval) {
-                    if ((in && conf.buffer_size_in_overriden)
-                        || (!in && conf.buffer_size_out_overriden)) {
+                    if ((in && conf.buffer_size_in_overridden)
+                        || (!in && conf.buffer_size_out_overridden)) {
                         dolog (
                             "%s buffer size(%d) is less "
                             "than minimal buffer size(%ld)\n",
@@ -945,16 +945,16 @@ static struct audio_option alsa_options[] = {
     {"DAC_SIZE_IN_USEC", AUD_OPT_BOOL, &conf.size_in_usec_out,
      "DAC period/buffer size in microseconds (otherwise in frames)", NULL, 0},
     {"DAC_PERIOD_SIZE", AUD_OPT_INT, &conf.period_size_out,
-     "DAC period size", &conf.period_size_out_overriden, 0},
+     "DAC period size", &conf.period_size_out_overridden, 0},
     {"DAC_BUFFER_SIZE", AUD_OPT_INT, &conf.buffer_size_out,
-     "DAC buffer size", &conf.buffer_size_out_overriden, 0},
+     "DAC buffer size", &conf.buffer_size_out_overridden, 0},
 
     {"ADC_SIZE_IN_USEC", AUD_OPT_BOOL, &conf.size_in_usec_in,
      "ADC period/buffer size in microseconds (otherwise in frames)", NULL, 0},
     {"ADC_PERIOD_SIZE", AUD_OPT_INT, &conf.period_size_in,
-     "ADC period size", &conf.period_size_in_overriden, 0},
+     "ADC period size", &conf.period_size_in_overridden, 0},
     {"ADC_BUFFER_SIZE", AUD_OPT_INT, &conf.buffer_size_in,
-     "ADC buffer size", &conf.buffer_size_in_overriden, 0},
+     "ADC buffer size", &conf.buffer_size_in_overridden, 0},
 
     {"THRESHOLD", AUD_OPT_INT, &conf.threshold,
      "(undocumented)", NULL, 0},
diff --git a/audio/audio.c b/audio/audio.c
index 5d3c7f15f0..4248c1401f 100644
--- a/audio/audio.c
+++ b/audio/audio.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static void audio_print_options (const char *prefix,
         const char *state = "default";
         printf ("  %s_%s: ", uprefix, opt->name);
 
-        if (opt->overridenp && *opt->overridenp) {
+        if (opt->overriddenp && *opt->overriddenp) {
             state = "current";
         }
 
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@ static void audio_process_options (const char *prefix,
             break;
         }
 
-        if (!opt->overridenp) {
-            opt->overridenp = &opt->overriden;
+        if (!opt->overriddenp) {
+            opt->overriddenp = &opt->overridden;
         }
-        *opt->overridenp = !def;
+        *opt->overriddenp = !def;
         qemu_free (optname);
     }
 }
diff --git a/audio/audio_int.h b/audio/audio_int.h
index 1a15d4ced8..cd22a30880 100644
--- a/audio/audio_int.h
+++ b/audio/audio_int.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct audio_option {
     audio_option_tag_e tag;
     void *valp;
     const char *descr;
-    int *overridenp;
-    int overriden;
+    int *overriddenp;
+    int overridden;
 };
 
 struct audio_callback {
diff --git a/hw/pxa2xx.c b/hw/pxa2xx.c
index 1a7d4a741a..3d55c0197d 100644
--- a/hw/pxa2xx.c
+++ b/hw/pxa2xx.c
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ struct pxa2xx_state_s *pxa270_init(unsigned int sdram_size,
     s->i2s = pxa2xx_i2s_init(0x40400000, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_I2S], s->dma);
 
     /* GPIO1 resets the processor */
-    /* The handler can be overriden by board-specific code */
+    /* The handler can be overridden by board-specific code */
     pxa2xx_gpio_handler_set(s->gpio, 1, pxa2xx_reset, s);
     return s;
 }
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ struct pxa2xx_state_s *pxa255_init(unsigned int sdram_size,
     s->i2s = pxa2xx_i2s_init(0x40400000, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_I2S], s->dma);
 
     /* GPIO1 resets the processor */
-    /* The handler can be overriden by board-specific code */
+    /* The handler can be overridden by board-specific code */
     pxa2xx_gpio_handler_set(s->gpio, 1, pxa2xx_reset, s);
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 52806bb20e..d61838eda7 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ extern int getresgid(gid_t *, gid_t *, gid_t *);
 extern int setgroups(int, gid_t *);
 
 /*
- * This list is the union of errno values overidden in asm-<arch>/errno.h
+ * This list is the union of errno values overridden in asm-<arch>/errno.h
  * minus the errnos that are not actually generic to all archs.
  */
 static uint16_t host_to_target_errno_table[1200] = {