diff --git a/os/various/evtimer.h b/os/various/evtimer.h
index 671e79f99..923d7bfe4 100644
--- a/os/various/evtimer.h
+++ b/os/various/evtimer.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern "C" {
  *
  * @param[in] etp       pointer to an initialized @p event_timer_t structure.
  */
-static inline void vevtStop(event_timer_t *etp) {
+static inline void evtStop(event_timer_t *etp) {
 
   chVTReset(&etp->et_vt);
 }
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 8f2e276a2..8d8f016ab 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@
        dependencies and configuration directories. This makes possible
        to have multiple non-conflicting makefiles in the same project.
        Updated the various platform.mk implementing "smart build" mode.
+- LIB: Fixed typo for function evtStop (bug #897)(backported to 17.6.4
+       and 16.1.10).
 - NIL: Fixed core and Heap allocators not functional in NIL (bug #902)
        (backported to 17.6.3).
 - HAL: Fixed function uartSendFullTimeout() failing on STM32 USARTv1 and