diff --git a/internal/consensus/reactor.go b/internal/consensus/reactor.go
index 3a2ae25a6..d9006f2e0 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/reactor.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/reactor.go
@@ -472,10 +472,10 @@ func (r *Reactor) updateRoundStateRoutine() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (conR *Reactor) getRoundState() *cstypes.RoundState {
-	conR.mtx.RLock()
-	defer conR.mtx.RUnlock()
-	return conR.rs
+func (r *Reactor) getRoundState() *cstypes.RoundState {
+	r.mtx.RLock()
+	defer r.mtx.RUnlock()
+	return r.rs
 }
 
 func (r *Reactor) gossipDataForCatchup(rs *cstypes.RoundState, prs *cstypes.PeerRoundState, ps *PeerState) {
diff --git a/internal/consensus/state.go b/internal/consensus/state.go
index 7e487c62e..ea1b71400 100644
--- a/internal/consensus/state.go
+++ b/internal/consensus/state.go
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ func (cs *State) handleMsg(mi msgInfo) {
 
 		// We unlock here to yield to any routines that need to read the the RoundState.
 		// Previously, this code held the lock from the point at which the final block
-		// part was recieved until the block executed against the application.
+		// part was received until the block executed against the application.
 		// This prevented the reactor from being able to retrieve the most updated
 		// version of the RoundState. The reactor needs the updated RoundState to
 		// gossip the now completed block.