diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/rtd520.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/rtd520.c
index 58f5922d6e4c..d0e4844e5248 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/rtd520.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/rtd520.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static int rtd_ai_poll(struct comedi_device *dev, struct comedi_subdevice *s)
 /*
   cmdtest tests a particular command to see if it is valid.
   Using the cmdtest ioctl, a user can create a valid cmd
-  and then have it executed by the cmd ioctl (asyncronously).
+  and then have it executed by the cmd ioctl (asynchronously).
 
   cmdtest returns 1,2,3,4 or 0, depending on which tests
   the command passes.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/csr/sme_blocking.c b/drivers/staging/csr/sme_blocking.c
index acf0f0fe3b37..543e8f2c407a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/csr/sme_blocking.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/csr/sme_blocking.c
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 
 /*
- * This file also contains the implementation of the asyncronous
+ * This file also contains the implementation of the asynchronous
  * requests to the SME.
  *
- * Before calling an asyncronous SME function, we call sme_init_request()
+ * Before calling an asynchronous SME function, we call sme_init_request()
  * which gets hold of the SME semaphore and updates the request status.
  * The semaphore makes sure that there is only one pending request to
  * the SME at a time.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/telephony/ixj.c b/drivers/staging/telephony/ixj.c
index b303c9192e17..1cfa0b07d725 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/telephony/ixj.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/telephony/ixj.c
@@ -7057,7 +7057,7 @@ static int ixj_selfprobe(IXJ *j)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Enable Line Monitor\n");
 
 	if (ixjdebug & 0x0002)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "Set Line Monitor to Asyncronous Mode\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "Set Line Monitor to Asynchronous Mode\n");
 
 	if (ixj_WriteDSPCommand(0x7E01, j))		/* Asynchronous Line Monitor */
 		return -1;
@@ -7068,7 +7068,7 @@ static int ixj_selfprobe(IXJ *j)
 	if (ixj_WriteDSPCommand(0x5151, j))		/* Enable DTMF detection */
 		return -1;
 
-	if (ixj_WriteDSPCommand(0x6E01, j))		/* Set Asyncronous Tone Generation */
+	if (ixj_WriteDSPCommand(0x6E01, j))		/* Set Asynchronous Tone Generation */
 		return -1;
 
 	set_rec_depth(j, 2);	/* Set Record Channel Limit to 2 frames */