diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
index fc262ceafca9..ae71e0621317 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ svcxdr_encode_entry_common(struct nfsd_readdirres *resp, const char *name,
  *
  * Return values:
  *   %0: Entry was successfully encoded.
- *   %-EINVAL: An encoding problem occured, secondary status code in resp->common.err
+ *   %-EINVAL: An encoding problem occurred, secondary status code in resp->common.err
  *
  * On exit, the following fields are updated:
  *   - resp->xdr