diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/hwasan/hwasan_report.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/hwasan/hwasan_report.cpp
index 19cb27554bc6..606139f2e178 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/hwasan/hwasan_report.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/hwasan/hwasan_report.cpp
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ void ReportTailOverwritten(StackTrace *stack, uptr tagged_addr, uptr orig_size,
   Decorator d;
   uptr untagged_addr = UntagAddr(tagged_addr);
   Printf("%s", d.Error());
-  const char *bug_type = "alocation-tail-overwritten";
+  const char *bug_type = "allocation-tail-overwritten";
   Report("ERROR: %s: %s; heap object [%p,%p) of size %zd\n", SanitizerToolName,
          bug_type, untagged_addr, untagged_addr + orig_size, orig_size);
   Printf("\n%s", d.Default());
diff --git a/compiler-rt/test/hwasan/TestCases/tail-magic.c b/compiler-rt/test/hwasan/TestCases/tail-magic.c
index be7097fb884c..73f31dbe5c90 100644
--- a/compiler-rt/test/hwasan/TestCases/tail-magic.c
+++ b/compiler-rt/test/hwasan/TestCases/tail-magic.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   sink = UNTAG(p);
   overwrite_tail();
   free(p);
-// CHECK: ERROR: HWAddressSanitizer: alocation-tail-overwritten; heap object [{{.*}}) of size 20
+// CHECK: ERROR: HWAddressSanitizer: allocation-tail-overwritten; heap object [{{.*}}) of size 20
 // CHECK: in main {{.*}}tail-magic.c:[[@LINE-2]]
 // CHECK: allocated here:
 // CHECK: in main {{.*}}tail-magic.c:[[@LINE-7]]