diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 4f93c11e73c0..274c390d17cd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_get_firmware(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto _fail_;
 
 	if (request_firmware(&wilc_firmware, firmware, wilc->dev) != 0) {
-		netdev_err(dev, "%s - firmare not available\n", firmware);
+		netdev_err(dev, "%s - firmware not available\n", firmware);
 		ret = -1;
 		goto _fail_;
 	}