diff --git a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
index ed419d0c59f2..503ae2864591 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
+++ b/drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static inline struct cxl_ep *cxl_ep_load(struct cxl_port *port,
 	C(MBUNSUPPORTED, -ENXIO, "unsupported on the mailbox it was issued on"),\
 	C(PAYLOADLEN, -ENXIO, "invalid payload length"),			\
 	C(LOG, -ENXIO, "invalid or unsupported log page"),			\
-	C(INTERRUPTED, -ENXIO, "asynchronous event occured"),			\
+	C(INTERRUPTED, -ENXIO, "asynchronous event occurred"),			\
 	C(FEATUREVERSION, -ENXIO, "unsupported feature version"),		\
 	C(FEATURESELVALUE, -ENXIO, "unsupported feature selection value"),	\
 	C(FEATURETRANSFERIP, -ENXIO, "feature transfer in progress"),		\