diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 272da0c5c5..31fd542866 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-06-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* tekhex.c (pass_over): Revert accidental conversion of a local
+	array to a static array.
+
 2017-06-27  Senthil Kumar Selvaraj  <senthil_kumar.selvaraj@atmel.com>
 
 	PR ld/13402
diff --git a/bfd/tekhex.c b/bfd/tekhex.c
index cfa75d53c8..1d605d5e37 100644
--- a/bfd/tekhex.c
+++ b/bfd/tekhex.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ pass_over (bfd *abfd, bfd_boolean (*func) (bfd *, int, char *, char *))
 
   while (! is_eof)
     {
-      static char src[MAXCHUNK];
+      char src[MAXCHUNK];
       char type;
 
       /* Find first '%'.  */