diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
index 36a55ff5c4d0..9eeb8c1a396d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/en.h
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ struct mlx5e_rq_mbuf {
 };
 
 struct mlx5e_rq {
-	/* persistant fields */
+	/* persistent fields */
 	struct mtx mtx;
 	struct mlx5e_rq_stats stats;
 	struct callout watchdog;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 struct mlx5e_sq {
-	/* persistant fields */
+	/* persistent fields */
 	struct	mtx lock;
 	struct	mtx comp_lock;
 	struct	mlx5e_sq_stats stats;
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
index ccd87f1cb9d8..aedf9ba9e79e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
@@ -2259,7 +2259,7 @@ mlx5e_open_channel(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	int i, err;
 
-	/* zero non-persistant data */
+	/* zero non-persistent data */
 	MLX5E_ZERO(&c->rq, mlx5e_rq_zero_start);
 	for (i = 0; i != priv->num_tc; i++)
 		MLX5E_ZERO(&c->sq[i], mlx5e_sq_zero_start);