diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 6703b16b2b0..242563ed3a5 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-05-11  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+	* dwarf.c (process_abbrev_set): Properly parenthesize before
+	casting to unsigned long.
+
 2021-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 27845
diff --git a/binutils/dwarf.c b/binutils/dwarf.c
index aa48f69bbd4..8bc0acb270c 100644
--- a/binutils/dwarf.c
+++ b/binutils/dwarf.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ process_abbrev_set (struct dwarf_section *section,
       /* PR 17531: file:4bcd9ce9.  */
       warn (_("Debug info is corrupted, abbrev size (%lx) is larger than "
 	      "abbrev section size (%lx)\n"),
-	      (unsigned long) abbrev_base + abbrev_size,
+	      (unsigned long) (abbrev_base + abbrev_size),
 	      (unsigned long) section->size);
       return NULL;
     }