diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index 621b3025d8..51c41ed3c9 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct AioHandler
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1
 
-/* The fd number threashold to switch to epoll */
+/* The fd number threshold to switch to epoll */
 #define EPOLL_ENABLE_THRESHOLD 64
 
 static void aio_epoll_disable(AioContext *ctx)