diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen_cache.h b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen_cache.h
index 56aff59fd31..96e1e9c52e2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen_cache.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/svga/svga_screen_cache.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct svga_host_surface_cache_entry
  * 4. holding a flushed buffer with an expired fence
  * 
  * An entry progresses from 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4. When we need an entry to put a 
- * buffer into we preferencial take from 1, or from the least recentely used 
+ * buffer into we preferentially take from 1, or from the least recently used 
  * buffer from 3/4.
  */
 struct svga_host_surface_cache