diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 633db883..38c2285c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ static int nand_flash_detect_onfi(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
  * nand_id_has_period - Check if an ID string has a given wraparound period
  * @id_data: the ID string
  * @arrlen: the length of the @id_data array
- * @period: the period of repitition
+ * @period: the period of repetition
  *
  * Check if an ID string is repeated within a given sequence of bytes at
  * specific repetition interval period (e.g., {0x20,0x01,0x7F,0x20} has a