diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
index bdcae156..d5d2b3b3 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gtornado.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TornadoWorker(Worker):
         # instance of tornado.wsgi.WSGIApplication
         app = self.wsgi
         if not isinstance(app, tornado.web.Application) or \
-           isinstance(app, tornado.wsgi.WSGIApplicaion):
+           isinstance(app, tornado.wsgi.WSGIApplication):
             app = WSGIContainer(app)
 
         # Monkey-patching HTTPConnection.finish to count the