diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c b/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
index 21dc1bb..13288d9 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/crash.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 void machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	/* This function is only called after the system
-	 * has paniced or is otherwise in a critical state.
+	 * has panicked or is otherwise in a critical state.
 	 * The minimum amount of code to allow a kexec'd kernel
 	 * to run successfully needs to happen here.
 	 *