diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 20cfc90d5597..36f7dbfb6dbb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ int ndisc_ifinfo_sysctl_change(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write, struct file * f
 					    filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	else if ((strcmp(ctl->procname, "retrans_time_ms") == 0) ||
-		 (strcmp(ctl->procname, "base_reacable_time_ms") == 0))
+		 (strcmp(ctl->procname, "base_reachable_time_ms") == 0))
 		ret = proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies(ctl, write,
 					       filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	else