diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8694cb13cb..158d5fc86e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-03-01  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
+	* cli/cli-dump.c (dump_bfd_file): Check error return and warn.
+
 	* jv-lang.c (evaluate_subexp_java): Conditional can't be true.
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_compute_name): NAME cannot be null here.
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-dump.c b/gdb/cli/cli-dump.c
index 4bba10c35b..ac6270e645 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-dump.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-dump.c
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ dump_bfd_file (const char *filename, const char *mode,
 					  | SEC_ALLOC
 					  | SEC_LOAD));
   osection->entsize = 0;
-  bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osection, buf, 0, len);
+  if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osection, buf, 0, len))
+    warning (_("writing dump file '%s' (%s)"), filename, 
+	     bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
 }
 
 static void