diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b5bb858922..565fba7d63 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-17  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* remote-mips.c (pmon_download): Fix ignored return value GCC warning.
+
 2011-07-15  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
 	Code cleanup.
diff --git a/gdb/remote-mips.c b/gdb/remote-mips.c
index 7fbe767521..d544bcb6b4 100644
--- a/gdb/remote-mips.c
+++ b/gdb/remote-mips.c
@@ -3343,7 +3343,13 @@ static void
 pmon_download (char *buffer, int length)
 {
   if (tftp_in_use)
-    fwrite (buffer, 1, length, tftp_file);
+    {
+      size_t written;
+
+      written = fwrite (buffer, 1, length, tftp_file);
+      if (written < length)
+	perror_with_name (tftp_localname);
+    }
   else
     serial_write (udp_in_use ? udp_desc : mips_desc, buffer, length);
 }