diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 722fade0b1..f644085811 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-08-07  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	* remote-sim.c (gdbsim_load): Remove char **argv local variable.
+	(gdbsim_open): Rename gdb_argv args object to argv.
+
 2017-08-05  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* compile/compile-object-load.c (compile_object_load): Use
diff --git a/gdb/remote-sim.c b/gdb/remote-sim.c
index 75b1f56cb3..ca824d7985 100644
--- a/gdb/remote-sim.c
+++ b/gdb/remote-sim.c
@@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ gdbsim_kill (struct target_ops *ops)
 static void
 gdbsim_load (struct target_ops *self, const char *args, int fromtty)
 {
-  char **argv;
   const char *prog;
   struct sim_inferior_data *sim_data
     = get_sim_inferior_data (current_inferior (), SIM_INSTANCE_NEEDED);
@@ -727,8 +726,8 @@ gdbsim_open (const char *args, int from_tty)
       strcat (arg_buf, args);
     }
 
-  gdb_argv args (arg_buf);
-  sim_argv = args.get ();
+  gdb_argv argv (arg_buf);
+  sim_argv = argv.get ();
 
   init_callbacks ();
   gdbsim_desc = sim_open (SIM_OPEN_DEBUG, &gdb_callback, exec_bfd, sim_argv);
@@ -739,7 +738,7 @@ gdbsim_open (const char *args, int from_tty)
       error (_("unable to create simulator instance"));
     }
 
-  args.release ();
+  argv.release ();
 
   /* Reset the pid numberings for this batch of sim instances.  */
   next_pid = INITIAL_PID;