diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
index 82a285c0926d..e18dd736f2ec 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_mem.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ static int virtio_mem_memory_notifier_cb(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		atomic64_sub(size, &vm->offline_size);
 		/*
 		 * Start adding more memory once we onlined half of our
-		 * threshold. Don't trigger if it's possibly due to our actipn
+		 * threshold. Don't trigger if it's possibly due to our action
 		 * (e.g., us adding memory which gets onlined immediately from
 		 * the core).
 		 */