diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 7e5c3ddc341de319115e47399beb53e9b9960363..57c8d224ea4cf3b309373dd7da961c4f7b8fb622 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ config PRINTK_SAFE_LOG_BUF_SHIFT
 	depends on PRINTK
 	help
 	  Select the size of an alternate printk per-CPU buffer where messages
-	  printed from usafe contexts are temporary stored. One example would
+	  printed from unsafe contexts are temporary stored. One example would
 	  be NMI messages, another one - printk recursion. The messages are
 	  copied to the main log buffer in a safe context to avoid a deadlock.
 	  The value defines the size as a power of 2.