diff --git a/fs/mqueue/Kconfig b/fs/mqueue/Kconfig
index 6763bc06733..3e816d07d06 100644
--- a/fs/mqueue/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/mqueue/Kconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 if !DISABLE_MQUEUE
 
 config FS_MQUEUE_MPATH
-	string "Path to message queuee"
+	string "Path to message queue"
 	default "/var/mqueue"
 	---help---
 		The path to where POSIX message queues will exist in the VFS namespace.
diff --git a/fs/mqueue/mq_open.c b/fs/mqueue/mq_open.c
index ab703df84d0..86901e83ac7 100644
--- a/fs/mqueue/mq_open.c
+++ b/fs/mqueue/mq_open.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static mqd_t nxmq_vopen(FAR const char *mq_name, int oflags, va_list ap)
       return ret;
     }
 
-  ret = files_allocate(mq.f_inode, mq.f_oflags, mq.f_pos, 0);
+  ret = files_allocate(mq.f_inode, mq.f_oflags, mq.f_pos, mq.f_priv, 0);
   if (ret < 0)
     {
       file_mq_close(&mq);