diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 611fc9b320..63822e40a9 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-06-25  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (dump_ctf_indent_lines): Rename local variable
+	"spaces" to "blanks".
+
 2019-06-25  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
 
 	* objdump.c (dump_ctf_indent_lines): Rename local variable
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 4ed948c651..5e8fe824b3 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -13848,10 +13848,10 @@ shdr_to_ctf_sect (ctf_sect_t *buf, Elf_Internal_Shdr *shdr, Filedata *filedata)
 static char *dump_ctf_indent_lines (ctf_sect_names_t sect ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 				    char *s, void *arg)
 {
-  char *spaces = arg;
+  const char *blanks = arg;
   char *new_s;
 
-  if (asprintf (&new_s, "%s%s", spaces, s) < 0)
+  if (asprintf (&new_s, "%s%s", blanks, s) < 0)
     return s;
   return new_s;
 }