diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index bc9066b233..74b7872488 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -492,10 +492,10 @@ class StatsdClient(object):
         return self.timing(metric, (time.time() - orig_time) * 1000,
                            sample_rate)
 
-    def transfer_rate(self, metric, elasped_time, byte_xfer, sample_rate=None):
+    def transfer_rate(self, metric, elapsed_time, byte_xfer, sample_rate=None):
         if byte_xfer:
             return self.timing(metric,
-                               elasped_time * 1000 / byte_xfer * 1000,
+                               elapsed_time * 1000 / byte_xfer * 1000,
                                sample_rate)