diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost.c b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
index 437347ad01..20913cf8fb 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/vhost.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static int vhost_dev_has_iommu(struct vhost_dev *dev)
      * For vhost, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM means the backend support
      * incremental memory mapping API via IOTLB API. For platform that
      * does not have IOMMU, there's no need to enable this feature
-     * which may cause unnecessary IOTLB miss/update trnasactions.
+     * which may cause unnecessary IOTLB miss/update transactions.
      */
     return virtio_bus_device_iommu_enabled(vdev) &&
            virtio_host_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM);