diff --git a/libavcodec/exr.c b/libavcodec/exr.c
index 4a504344c5..536a55c5be 100644
--- a/libavcodec/exr.c
+++ b/libavcodec/exr.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ typedef struct EXRContext {
     int is_luma;/* 1 if there is an Y plane */
 
 #define M(chr) (1<<chr - 'A')
-    int has_channel; ///< combinatin of flags representing the channel codes A-Z
+    int has_channel; ///< combination of flags representing the channel codes A-Z
 
     GetByteContext gb;
     const uint8_t *buf;