diff --git a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
index eddfc33..8a73d81 100644
--- a/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
+++ b/tools/spi/spidev_test.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 
 		ret = write(out_fd, rx, len);
 		if (ret != len)
-			pabort("not all bytes written to utput file");
+			pabort("not all bytes written to output file");
 
 		close(out_fd);
 	}