diff --git a/libnetwork/ipam/parallel_test.go b/libnetwork/ipam/parallel_test.go
index 4d7fa166b2..0f2e5a4c97 100644
--- a/libnetwork/ipam/parallel_test.go
+++ b/libnetwork/ipam/parallel_test.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func allocate(t *testing.T, tctx *testContext, parallel int64) {
 
 	assert.Check(t, is.Len(tctx.ipList, tctx.maxIP))
 	if len(tctx.ipList) != tctx.maxIP {
-		t.Fatal("missmatch number allocation")
+		t.Fatal("mismatch number allocation")
 	}
 }