diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vhpet.c b/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vhpet.c
index 9682de2eb2f..daa85bccf14 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vhpet.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/io/vhpet.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ vhpet_snapshot(struct vhpet *vhpet, struct vm_snapshot_meta *meta)
 	/* at restore time the countbase should have the value it had when the
 	 * snapshot was created; since the value is not directly kept in
 	 * vhpet->countbase, but rather computed relative to the current system
-	 * uptime using countbase_sbt, save the value retured by vhpet_counter
+	 * uptime using countbase_sbt, save the value returned by vhpet_counter
 	 */
 	if (meta->op == VM_SNAPSHOT_SAVE)
 		countbase = vhpet_counter(vhpet, NULL);