diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_linear_fastpath.c b/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_linear_fastpath.c
index cff0706c2b1..3f894c65464 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_linear_fastpath.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_linear_fastpath.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ lp_linear_purple(const struct lp_rast_state *state,
 }
 
 
-/* Examine the fragment shader varient and determine whether we can
+/* Examine the fragment shader variant and determine whether we can
  * substitute a fastpath linear shader implementation.
  */
 boolean