diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 1e4b49341f..1586e358a9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -5475,7 +5475,7 @@ qemuDomainFindOrCreateSCSIDiskController(struct qemud_driver *driver,
             return cont;
     }
 
-    /* No SCSI controller present, for back compatability we
+    /* No SCSI controller present, for backward compatibility we
      * now hotplug a controller */
     if (VIR_ALLOC(cont) < 0) {
         virReportOOMError();