diff --git a/pkg/controller/certificates/signer/ca_provider.go b/pkg/controller/certificates/signer/ca_provider.go
index 405b7a0506a..dc85c5dd329 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/certificates/signer/ca_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/certificates/signer/ca_provider.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (p *caProvider) setCA() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// currentCA provides the curent value of the CA.
+// currentCA provides the current value of the CA.
 // It always check for a stale value.  This is cheap because it's all an in memory cache of small slices.
 func (p *caProvider) currentCA() (*authority.CertificateAuthority, error) {
 	certPEM, keyPEM := p.caLoader.CurrentCertKeyContent()