diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 8b1b9c7c42e..562d963bc36 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-07-11  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
+
+	* elf32-arc.c: made PR_DEBUG always defined.
+
 2016-07-11  Cupertino Miranda  <cmiranda@synopsys.com>
 
 	* arc-got.h: Moved got related structures from elf32-arc.c to
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arc.c b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
index b1b5efd9ef7..ab27d4aca82 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-arc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-arc.c
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
 #include "opcode/arc.h"
 #include "arc-plt.h"
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-# define PR_DEBUG(fmt, args...) fprintf (stderr, fmt, ##args)
-#else
-# define PR_DEBUG(fmt, args...)
-#endif
+#define PR_DEBUG(fmt, args...) fprintf (stderr, fmt, ##args)
 
 /* #define ARC_ENABLE_DEBUG 1  */
 #ifndef ARC_ENABLE_DEBUG