diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 5a4fb1dc8400..e62addb60434 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk *sctp_make_violation_max_retrans(
 					const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 					const struct sctp_chunk *chunk)
 {
-	static const char error[] = "Association exceeded its max_retans count";
+	static const char error[] = "Association exceeded its max_retrans count";
 	size_t payload_len = sizeof(error) + sizeof(struct sctp_errhdr);
 	struct sctp_chunk *retval;