diff --git a/block/blk-exec.c b/block/blk-exec.c
index 3fec8a2..7ea04325d 100644
--- a/block/blk-exec.c
+++ b/block/blk-exec.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * don't check dying flag for MQ because the request won't
-	 * be resued after dying flag is set
+	 * be reused after dying flag is set
 	 */
 	if (q->mq_ops) {
 		blk_mq_insert_request(rq, at_head, true, false);