diff --git a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
index fe366989b9..929ed48ada 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
+++ b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ else ifeq ($$(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_GIT),y)
 $(1)_SITE = $$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CUSTOM_GIT_REPO_URL))
 $(1)_SITE_METHOD = git
 # Override the default value of _SOURCE to 'barebox-*' so that it is not
-# downloaded a second time for barebox-aux; also alows avoiding the hash
+# downloaded a second time for barebox-aux; also allows avoiding the hash
 # check:
 $(1)_SOURCE = barebox-$$($(1)_VERSION)$$(BR_FMT_VERSION_git).tar.gz
 else