diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-smbus.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-smbus.c
index 9ebf9cb4ad7a90..94765a81970d8c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-smbus.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-smbus.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static void smbus_alert(struct work_struct *work)
 		 * to high, because of slave transmit arbitration.  After
 		 * responding, an SMBus device stops asserting SMBALERT#.
 		 *
-		 * Note that SMBus 2.0 reserves 10-bit addresess for future
+		 * Note that SMBus 2.0 reserves 10-bit addresses for future
 		 * use.  We neither handle them, nor try to use PEC here.
 		 */
 		status = i2c_smbus_read_byte(ara);