diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_cypress.c b/drivers/ata/pata_cypress.c
index ae347b5c2871..3b0e6858d727 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_cypress.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_cypress.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static void cy82c693_set_piomode(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *adev)
 	u32 addr;
 
 	if (ata_timing_compute(adev, adev->pio_mode, &t, T, 1) < 0) {
-		ata_dev_err(adev, DRV_NAME ": mome computation failed.\n");
+		ata_dev_err(adev, DRV_NAME ": mode computation failed.\n");
 		return;
 	}