diff --git a/bfd/bfdio.c b/bfd/bfdio.c
index a69c1c31cfa..2a7f77fa8d4 100644
--- a/bfd/bfdio.c
+++ b/bfd/bfdio.c
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ _bfd_real_fopen (const char *filename, const char *modes)
   MultiByteToWideChar (cp, 0, modes, -1, modesW, sizeof(modesW));
 
   FILE *  file = _wfopen (fullPath, modesW);
-  if (!file)
-    perror("Error opening file");
   free (fullPath);
 
   return close_on_exec (file);