diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 5d7cc6bbbac6..720be70ae74a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_hw_stop);
  *
  * Tell underlying HW to start delivering events from the device.
  * This function should be called sometime after successful call
- * to hid_hiw_start().
+ * to hid_hw_start().
  */
 int hid_hw_open(struct hid_device *hdev)
 {