diff --git a/fs/proc/fd.c b/fs/proc/fd.c
index 586bbc84ca04..7baafb1eba13 100644
--- a/fs/proc/fd.c
+++ b/fs/proc/fd.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int seq_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   real_mount(file->f_path.mnt)->mnt_id,
 		   file_inode(file)->i_ino);
 
-	/* show_fd_locks() never deferences files so a stale value is safe */
+	/* show_fd_locks() never dereferences files, so a stale value is safe */
 	show_fd_locks(m, file, files);
 	if (seq_has_overflowed(m))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/proc/kcore.c b/fs/proc/kcore.c
index 8e08a9a1b7ed..7d0acdad74e2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int kcore_ram_list(struct list_head *list)
 	int nid, ret;
 	unsigned long end_pfn;
 
-	/* Not inialized....update now */
+	/* Not initialized....update now */
 	/* find out "max pfn" */
 	end_pfn = 0;
 	for_each_node_state(nid, N_MEMORY) {