diff --git a/accounts/keystore/keystore.go b/accounts/keystore/keystore.go
index 09dd02cc98..bc8b8d980a 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/keystore.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/keystore.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 
 	// ErrAccountAlreadyExists is returned if an account attempted to import is
 	// already present in the keystore.
-	ErrAccountAlreadyExists = errors.New("account alreaady exists")
+	ErrAccountAlreadyExists = errors.New("account already exists")
 )
 
 // KeyStoreType is the reflect type of a keystore backend.