diff --git a/hw/core/sysbus.c b/hw/core/sysbus.c
index 70239b7e7d..77ab351ce1 100644
--- a/hw/core/sysbus.c
+++ b/hw/core/sysbus.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void foreach_dynamic_sysbus_device(FindSysbusDeviceFunc *func, void *opaque)
         .opaque = opaque,
     };
 
-    /* Loop through all sysbus devices that were spawened outside the machine */
+    /* Loop through all sysbus devices that were spawned outside the machine */
     container = container_get(qdev_get_machine(), "/peripheral");
     find_sysbus_device(container, &find);
     container = container_get(qdev_get_machine(), "/peripheral-anon");