diff --git a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
index 4369f76..5a71149 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/backend_format_raw.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (backend_raw->algo && !(flags & STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTIFICATION)) {
+	if (backend_raw->algo && !(flags & STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTICATION)) {
 		ret = backend_raw_digest_init(backend_raw);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
 	*lenp = header->data_len + sizeof(*header);
 
-	if (backend_raw->algo && !(flags & STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTIFICATION)) {
+	if (backend_raw->algo && !(flags & STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTICATION)) {
 		const void *hmac = data + header->data_len;
 
 		/* hmac over header and data */
diff --git a/src/barebox-state/state.c b/src/barebox-state/state.c
index fd3cbbc..e95f91e 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/state.c
+++ b/src/barebox-state/state.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 int state_load_no_auth(struct state *state)
 {
-	return state_do_load(state, STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTIFICATION);
+	return state_do_load(state, STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTICATION);
 }
 
 static int state_format_init(struct state *state, const char *backend_format,
diff --git a/src/barebox-state/state.h b/src/barebox-state/state.h
index 3a0662f..912d6d4 100644
--- a/src/barebox-state/state.h
+++ b/src/barebox-state/state.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 struct mtd_info_user;
 
 enum state_flags {
-	STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTIFICATION = (1 << 0),
+	STATE_FLAG_NO_AUTHENTICATION = (1 << 0),
 };
 
 enum state_variable_type {