diff --git a/salt/minion.py b/salt/minion.py
index d1c0c00751a2..5029b1633eba 100644
--- a/salt/minion.py
+++ b/salt/minion.py
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ def ping_timeout_handler(*_):
                     self._fire_master('ping', 'minion_ping', sync=False, timeout_handler=ping_timeout_handler)
                 except Exception:
                     log.warning('Attempt to ping master failed.', exc_on_loglevel=logging.DEBUG)
-            self.remove_periodic_callbback('ping', ping_master)
+            self.remove_periodic_callback('ping', ping_master)
             self.add_periodic_callback('ping', ping_master, ping_interval)
 
         # add handler to subscriber