diff --git a/nscd/netgroupcache.c b/nscd/netgroupcache.c
index e8fe041846..4b35498e3f 100644
--- a/nscd/netgroupcache.c
+++ b/nscd/netgroupcache.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ addinnetgrX (struct database_dyn *db, int fd, request_header *req,
   if (__glibc_unlikely (dataset == NULL))
     {
       cacheable = false;
-      /* The alloca is safe because nscd_run_worker verfies that
+      /* The alloca is safe because nscd_run_worker verifies that
 	 key_len is not larger than MAXKEYLEN.  */
       dataset = alloca (sizeof (*dataset) + req->key_len);
     }