diff --git a/accounts/keystore/keystore.go b/accounts/keystore/keystore.go
index eb91edb5a2a9049f6a8a88f9c2b20f72047b927c..9d5e2cf6a2a7b1fdd5bc5e6f061133f1c69f2670 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.