diff --git a/src/segment.c b/src/segment.c
index 60c10f66..e3e26f04 100644
--- a/src/segment.c
+++ b/src/segment.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static mi_page_t* mi_segment_span_allocate(mi_segment_t* segment, size_t slice_i
   // set slice back pointers for the first MI_MAX_SLICE_OFFSET entries
   size_t extra = slice_count-1;
   if (extra > MI_MAX_SLICE_OFFSET) extra = MI_MAX_SLICE_OFFSET;
-  if (slice_index + extra >= segment->slice_entries) extra = segment->slice_entries - slice_index - 1;  // huge objects may have more slices than avaiable entries in the segment->slices
+  if (slice_index + extra >= segment->slice_entries) extra = segment->slice_entries - slice_index - 1;  // huge objects may have more slices than available entries in the segment->slices
   
   mi_slice_t* slice_next = slice + 1;
   for (size_t i = 1; i <= extra; i++, slice_next++) {