diff --git a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
index 11db2016d49..0e9248dc7da 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ SOFTDEP_TYPE(SBDEP, sbdep, "Superblock write dependency");
 SOFTDEP_TYPE(JTRUNC, jtrunc, "Journal inode truncation");
 SOFTDEP_TYPE(JFSYNC, jfsync, "Journal fsync complete");
 
-static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_SENTINEL, "sentinal", "Worklist sentinal");
+static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_SENTINEL, "sentinel", "Worklist sentinel");
 
 static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_SAVEDINO, "savedino", "Saved inodes");
 static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_JBLOCKS, "jblocks", "Journal block locations");