diff --git a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
index c73086e0c7..f27e06e7a2 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
+++ b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4),y)
 OPROFILE_DEPENDENCIES += libpfm4
 endif
 
-# When getext is enabled, popt links with -lintl, specifies it in its
+# When gettext is enabled, popt links with -lintl, specifies it in its
 # popt.pc and has done so for the past 6+ years. But oprofile does not
 # use pkconfig to find popt, so misses -lintl, which is important for
 # a static build. We have to do the call to pkgconfig manually...