diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
index 625ee770b1aa..58681aea50a1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-r2-to-r6-emul.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ int mipsr2_decoder(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 inst, unsigned long *fcr31)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Lets not return to userland just yet. It's constly and
+	 * Lets not return to userland just yet. It's costly and
 	 * it's likely we have more R2 instructions to emulate
 	 */
 	if (!err && (pass++ < MIPS_R2_EMUL_TOTAL_PASS)) {