diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
index 4221b9c504..04bf64cce5 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-identifier.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int dhcp_identifier_set_iaid(
 
         if (legacy_unstable_byteorder)
                 /* for historical reasons (a bug), the bits were swapped and thus
-                 * the result was endianness dependant. Preserve that behavior. */
+                 * the result was endianness dependent. Preserve that behavior. */
                 id32 = __bswap_32(id32);
         else
                 /* the fixed behavior returns a stable byte order. Since LE is expected