diff --git a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 04259bc808..2b1a605551 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ func (s *Sandbox) StatsContainer(containerID string) (ContainerStats, error) {
 // Stats returns the stats of a running sandbox
 func (s *Sandbox) Stats() (SandboxStats, error) {
 	if s.state.CgroupPath == "" {
-		return SandboxStats{}, fmt.Errorf("sandbox cgroup path is emtpy")
+		return SandboxStats{}, fmt.Errorf("sandbox cgroup path is empty")
 	}
 
 	var path string