diff --git a/lib/fog/digitalocean/compute.rb b/lib/fog/digitalocean/compute.rb
index 4dda8076b..5f19acc96 100644
--- a/lib/fog/digitalocean/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/digitalocean/compute.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module Fog
 
         def retry_event_lock
           count   = 0
-          reponse = nil
+          response = nil
           while count < 5
             response = yield