diff --git a/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go b/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
index 48388f72fe..5ca86a5b6f 100644
--- a/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
+++ b/daemon/graphdriver/btrfs/btrfs.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create(id, parent, mountLabel string) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if !st.IsDir() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s: not a direcotory", parentDir)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s: not a directory", parentDir)
 		}
 		if err := subvolSnapshot(parentDir, subvolumes, id); err != nil {
 			return err