diff --git a/src/device.c b/src/device.c
index a49c7f1e0..7d8f5e88e 100644
--- a/src/device.c
+++ b/src/device.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ device_add_common(const device_t *d, const device_t *cd, void *p, void *params,
     }
     if ((c >= DEVICE_MAX) || (c >= 256)) {
         fatal("DEVICE: too many devices\n");
-        retrn NULL;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     /* Do this so that a chained device_add will not identify the same ID