1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/stat.c b/coreutils/stat.c
index 166ce4824..d58eae10e 100644
--- a/coreutils/stat.c
+++ b/coreutils/stat.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 /* vars to control behavior */
 #define OPT_TERSE 2
-#define OPT_DEREFERNCE 4
+#define OPT_DEREFERENCE 4
 static long flags;
 
 static char const *file_type(struct stat const *st)
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int do_stat(char const *filename, char const *format)
 {
         struct stat statbuf;
 
-        if ((flags & OPT_DEREFERNCE ? stat : lstat) (filename, &statbuf) != 0) {
+        if ((flags & OPT_DEREFERENCE ? stat : lstat) (filename, &statbuf) != 0) {
                 bb_perror_msg("cannot stat '%s'", filename);
                 return 0;
         }