diff --git a/drivers/virtio-net.cc b/drivers/virtio-net.cc
index 133366840df884535b833a6db02262c861808e04..8cc6708eda6fa8d3b5bfc1ace93a6fda54259e4f 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio-net.cc
+++ b/drivers/virtio-net.cc
@@ -789,8 +789,8 @@ void net::txq::gc()
     u16 req_cnt = 0;
 
     //
-    // "finalize" at least every quoter of a ring to let the host work in
-    // paralel with us.
+    // "finalize" at least every quarter of a ring to let the host work in
+    // parallel with us.
     //
     const u16 fin_thr = static_cast<u16>(vqueue->size()) / 4;