diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 18c1bc72a4..2fe8d3a6bf 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* common/create-version.sh (date): Use "$", not "$$" in sed
+	expression.
+
 2013-06-25  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
 
 	* NEWS (New targets): Add entry for TI MSP430.
diff --git a/gdb/common/create-version.sh b/gdb/common/create-version.sh
index 56871bfc2a..2bf1a9bbef 100755
--- a/gdb/common/create-version.sh
+++ b/gdb/common/create-version.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ target_alias="$3"
 output="$4"
 
 rm -f version.c-tmp $output version.tmp
-date=`sed -n -e 's/^.* BFD_VERSION_DATE \(.*\)$$/\1/p' $srcdir/../bfd/version.h`
+date=`sed -n -e 's/^.* BFD_VERSION_DATE \(.*\)$/\1/p' $srcdir/../bfd/version.h`
 sed -e "s/DATE/$date/" < $srcdir/common/version.in > version.tmp
 echo '#include "version.h"' >> version.c-tmp
 echo 'const char version[] = "'"`sed q version.tmp`"'";' >> version.c-tmp