diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index fcf09325b22e..395b23ed95eb 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int bio_split_io_at(struct bio *bio, const struct queue_limits *lim,
 	 * there may either be too many discontiguous vectors for the max
 	 * segments limit, or contain virtual boundary gaps without having a
 	 * valid block sized split. A zero byte result means one of those
-	 * conditions occured.
+	 * conditions occurred.
 	 */
 	bytes = ALIGN_DOWN(bytes, bio_split_alignment(bio, lim));
 	if (!bytes)