diff --git a/pimd/pim_nht.c b/pimd/pim_nht.c
index 94cb32bc23..5ca57c0406 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_nht.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_nht.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ int pim_ecmp_nexthop_lookup(struct pim_instance *pim,
 					nexthop_tab[i].route_metric,
 					nexthop_tab[i].protocol_distance);
 			}
-			/* update nextop data */
+			/* update nexthop data */
 			nexthop->interface = ifp;
 			nexthop->mrib_nexthop_addr =
 				nexthop_tab[i].nexthop_addr;
diff --git a/pimd/pim_rpf.c b/pimd/pim_rpf.c
index 221c1ee4af..2299c5eb23 100644
--- a/pimd/pim_rpf.c
+++ b/pimd/pim_rpf.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int pim_nexthop_lookup(struct pim_instance *pim, struct pim_nexthop *nexthop,
 				nexthop_tab[i].route_metric,
 				nexthop_tab[i].protocol_distance);
 		}
-		/* update nextop data */
+		/* update nexthop data */
 		nexthop->interface = ifp;
 		nexthop->mrib_nexthop_addr = nexthop_tab[i].nexthop_addr;
 		nexthop->mrib_metric_preference =