diff --git a/src/QEQ/fix_qeq_point.cpp b/src/QEQ/fix_qeq_point.cpp
index 9af70a445abe3431c536993ef7a666c267c89bda..63d20ad911178c7c06d45eb6005996cb5d38cbbd 100644
--- a/src/QEQ/fix_qeq_point.cpp
+++ b/src/QEQ/fix_qeq_point.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void FixQEqPoint::init()
   neighbor->requests[irequest]->full = 1;
 
   int ntypes = atom->ntypes;
-  memory->create(shld,ntypes+1,ntypes+1,"qeq:shileding");
+  memory->create(shld,ntypes+1,ntypes+1,"qeq:shielding");
 
   if (strstr(update->integrate_style,"respa"))
     nlevels_respa = ((Respa *) update->integrate)->nlevels;
diff --git a/src/USER-REAXC/fix_qeq_reax.cpp b/src/USER-REAXC/fix_qeq_reax.cpp
index 26cf03f60a838477d6fec05da6b58457c3f63895..a94ad3e6f3d1912abb1d50831ebf7e023fbb41f7 100644
--- a/src/USER-REAXC/fix_qeq_reax.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-REAXC/fix_qeq_reax.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void FixQEqReax::init_shielding()
 
   ntypes = atom->ntypes;
   if (shld == NULL)
-    memory->create(shld,ntypes+1,ntypes+1,"qeq:shileding");
+    memory->create(shld,ntypes+1,ntypes+1,"qeq:shielding");
 
   for( i = 1; i <= ntypes; ++i )
     for( j = 1; j <= ntypes; ++j )