diff --git a/libavutil/base64.c b/libavutil/base64.c
index 95d2e505f1..b5034d31c3 100644
--- a/libavutil/base64.c
+++ b/libavutil/base64.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int main(void)
     for(i=0; i<10000; i++){
         START_TIMER
         av_base64_decode(NULL, out, 0);
-        STOP_TIMER("sytax check")
+        STOP_TIMER("syntax check")
     }
 
     return error_count;