diff --git a/libavfilter/avcodec.c b/libavfilter/avcodec.c
index dcd6bb6cd2..0c1f02ad8a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avcodec.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avcodec.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ AVFilterBufferRef *avfilter_get_audio_buffer_ref_from_frame(const AVFrame *frame
         return NULL;
 
     if (layout && av_get_channel_layout_nb_channels(layout) != av_frame_get_channels(frame)) {
-        av_log(0, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Layout indicates a differnt number of channels than actually present\n");
+        av_log(0, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Layout indicates a different number of channels than actually present\n");
         return NULL;
     }