diff --git a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
index a31e523cc..2dee7324a 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
+++ b/virtio-devices/src/vhost_user/mod.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     VhostUserSetLogBase(VhostError),
     #[error("Invalid used address")]
     UsedAddress,
-    #[error("Invalid features provided from vhost-user backe")]
+    #[error("Invalid features provided from vhost-user backend")]
     InvalidFeatures,
     #[error("Missing file descriptor for the region")]
     MissingRegionFd,