diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 85c8a8566b..f40ad062f9 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void init_common_fadt_data(MachineState *ms, Object *o,
     /*
      * "ICH9-LPC" or "PIIX4_PM" has "smm-compat" property to keep the old
      * behavior for compatibility irrelevant to smm_enabled, which doesn't
-     * comforms to ACPI spec.
+     * conform to the ACPI spec.
      */
     bool smm_enabled = object_property_get_bool(o, "smm-compat", NULL) ?
         true : x86_machine_is_smm_enabled(x86ms);