diff --git a/arch/arm/src/lm3s/lm3s_irq.c b/arch/arm/src/lm3s/lm3s_irq.c
index a2da7663e9..d4101b1ae6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/lm3s/lm3s_irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/lm3s/lm3s_irq.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void up_irqinitialize(void)
   irq_attach(LM3S_IRQ_RESERVED, lm3s_reserved);
 #endif
 
-  lm3s_dumpnvic("inital", NR_IRQS);
+  lm3s_dumpnvic("initial", NR_IRQS);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SUPPRESS_INTERRUPTS