diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index acf1b14..a5d3bd7 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2026,7 +2026,7 @@
 	int k, err;
 
 	*top = 0;
-	/* Make k index the deepest non-null offest + 1 */
+	/* Make k index the deepest non-null offset + 1 */
 	for (k = depth; k > 1 && !offsets[k-1]; k--)
 		;
 	partial = ext3_get_branch(inode, k, offsets, chain, &err);