diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
index 272f089f5d..a9993205c2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ _start:
 	 * 5 byte are used for a 3 byte instruction.  This works because x86
 	 * is little endian and allows us to use supported 32bit relocations
 	 * instead of the weird 16 bit relocations that binutils does not
-	 * handle consistenly between versions because they are used so rarely.
+	 * handle consistently between versions because they are used so rarely.
 	 */
 	.previous