diff --git a/src/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go b/src/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
index 3d49887c01..6fefd36756 100644
--- a/src/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ func TestNetIP(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestIngoreDepthLimit(t *testing.T) {
+func TestIgnoreDepthLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	// We don't test the actual depth limit because it requires building an
 	// extremely large message, which takes quite a while.
 	oldNestingDepth := maxIgnoreNestingDepth