diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml-alloc.h b/ggml/include/ggml-alloc.h
index 0dff47d6..23600eea 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml-alloc.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml-alloc.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ GGML_API void                ggml_tallocr_alloc(struct ggml_tallocr * talloc, st
 // Graph allocator
 /*
   Example usage:
-    ggml_gallocr_t galloc = ggml_gallocr_new(ggml_bacckend_cpu_buffer_type());
+    ggml_gallocr_t galloc = ggml_gallocr_new(ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type());
 
     // optional: create a worst-case graph and reserve the buffers to avoid reallocations
     ggml_gallocr_reserve(galloc, build_graph(max_batch));