diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5b894700be..166c1162bc 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-12-08  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
+	* dwarf2read.c (write_psymtabs_to_index): When stat fails, pass file
+	name to perror.
+
 	* symfile.h (quick_symbol_functions): Clarify usage of
 	expand_symtabs_with_filename.
 	* dwarf2read.c (dw2_expand_symtabs_with_filename): Only iterate over
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 8801fb18f8..72e31e7091 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -15301,7 +15301,7 @@ write_psymtabs_to_index (struct objfile *objfile, const char *dir)
     error (_("Cannot use an index to create the index"));
 
   if (stat (objfile->name, &st) < 0)
-    perror_with_name (_("Could not stat"));
+    perror_with_name (objfile->name);
 
   filename = concat (dir, SLASH_STRING, lbasename (objfile->name),
 		     INDEX_SUFFIX, (char *) NULL);