diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 95ada6f7b2f..761d2a3a573 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-10-01  Jan-Benedict Glaw  <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
+
+	* dwarf.c (SAFE_BYTE_GET): Fix argument check.
+
 2013-09-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Pass offset_size to
diff --git a/binutils/dwarf.c b/binutils/dwarf.c
index bd736477c38..283aceb4958 100644
--- a/binutils/dwarf.c
+++ b/binutils/dwarf.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ read_uleb128 (unsigned char * data,
 #define SAFE_BYTE_GET(VAL, PTR, AMOUNT, END)	\
   do						\
     {						\
-      int dummy [sizeof (VAL) < (AMOUNT) ? -1 : 0] ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ; \
+      int dummy [sizeof (VAL) < (AMOUNT) ? -1 : 1] ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ; \
       unsigned int amount = (AMOUNT);		\
       if (((PTR) + amount) >= (END))		\
 	{					\