diff --git a/sys/dev/qlnx/qlnxe/ecore_cxt.c b/sys/dev/qlnx/qlnxe/ecore_cxt.c
index 754efc33dd88..c584837e8fe4 100644
--- a/sys/dev/qlnx/qlnxe/ecore_cxt.c
+++ b/sys/dev/qlnx/qlnxe/ecore_cxt.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ struct ecore_cxt_mngr {
 	 * needing for a given block we'd iterate over all the relevant
 	 * connection-types.
 	 * But since then we've had some additional resources, some of which
-	 * require memory which is indepent of the general context/task
+	 * require memory which is independent of the general context/task
 	 * scheme. We add those here explicitly per-feature.
 	 */