diff --git a/sys/dev/ata/ata-lowlevel.c b/sys/dev/ata/ata-lowlevel.c
index 6b825c05e0d..1c81c6fba92 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ata/ata-lowlevel.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ata/ata-lowlevel.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ ata_pio_read(struct ata_request *request, int length)
 			panic("ata_pio_read: Unsupported CAM data type %x\n",
 			    (request->ccb->ccb_h.flags & CAM_DATA_MASK));
 
-		/* We may have extra byte already red but not stored. */
+		/* We may have extra byte already read but not stored. */
 		if (resid) {
 			addr[0] = buf[1];
 			addr++;