diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
index f60ac1bd9be..3299e41f52d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class HFileContext implements HeapSize, Cloneable {
     return compressAlgo;
   }
 
-  public void setCompresssion(Compression.Algorithm compressAlgo) {
+  public void setCompression(Compression.Algorithm compressAlgo) {
     this.compressAlgo = compressAlgo;
   }