diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 94f28b128dd..40daa88c0e0 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-05-04  Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho  <tuliom@linux.ibm.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (_bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes): Fix the order
+	of arguments when warning about different long double types.
+
 2018-05-03  Simon Atanasyan  <simon@atanasyan.com>
 
 	* elf32-mips.c: (elf32_mips_fixup_symbol): New function.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 1200de84582..7f4ed01f20a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -4776,12 +4776,12 @@ _bfd_elf_ppc_merge_fp_attributes (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 	_bfd_error_handler
 	  /* xgettext:c-format */
 	  (_("warning: %pB uses IBM long double, "
-	     "%pB uses IEEE long double"), ibfd, obfd);
+	     "%pB uses IEEE long double"), obfd, ibfd);
       else if (out_fp == 3 * 4 && in_fp == 1 * 4)
 	_bfd_error_handler
 	  /* xgettext:c-format */
 	  (_("warning: %pB uses IBM long double, "
-	     "%pB uses IEEE long double"), obfd, ibfd);
+	     "%pB uses IEEE long double"), ibfd, obfd);
     }
 }