diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
index cdcd724aa..95a8938b4 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/ResourceUtils.java
@@ -528,9 +528,9 @@ public class ResourceUtils {
                 long position = 0;
                 long count = srcChannel.size();
                 while (position < count) {
-                    long chunck = Math.min(MAX_IO_CHUNCK_SIZE, count - position);
+                    long chunk = Math.min(MAX_IO_CHUNCK_SIZE, count - position);
                     position +=
-                        srcChannel.transferTo(position, chunck,
+                        srcChannel.transferTo(position, chunk,
                                               destChannel);
                 }
             } finally {