diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
index 05936184052..1f3953e41be 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpumanager/cpu_manager.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type manager struct {
 var _ Manager = &manager{}
 
 // NewManager creates new cpu manager based on provided policy
-func NewManager(cpuPolicyName string, reconcilePeriod time.Duration, machineInfo *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo, nodeAllocatableReservation v1.ResourceList, stateFileDirecory string) (Manager, error) {
+func NewManager(cpuPolicyName string, reconcilePeriod time.Duration, machineInfo *cadvisorapi.MachineInfo, nodeAllocatableReservation v1.ResourceList, stateFileDirectory string) (Manager, error) {
 	var policy Policy
 
 	switch policyName(cpuPolicyName) {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func NewManager(cpuPolicyName string, reconcilePeriod time.Duration, machineInfo
 		policy = NewNonePolicy()
 	}
 
-	stateImpl, err := state.NewCheckpointState(stateFileDirecory, cpuManagerStateFileName, policy.Name())
+	stateImpl, err := state.NewCheckpointState(stateFileDirectory, cpuManagerStateFileName, policy.Name())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not initialize checkpoint manager: %v", err)
 	}