diff --git a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
index 8004ed3f288..f3a4afc1b0b 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount/nsenter_mount.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (n *NsenterMounter) IsLikelyNotMountPoint(file string) (bool, error) {
 		glog.V(5).Infof("findmnt: directory %s does not exist", file)
 		return true, err
 	}
-	// Add --first-only option: since we are testing for the absense of a mountpoint, it is sufficient to get only
+	// Add --first-only option: since we are testing for the absence of a mountpoint, it is sufficient to get only
 	// the first of multiple possible mountpoints using --first-only.
 	// Also add fstype output to make sure that the output of target file will give the full path
 	// TODO: Need more refactoring for this function. Track the solution with issue #26996