diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 6eb5715c9b..74de9ff88c 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-05 Pierre Muller  <muller@ics.u-strasbg.fr>
+
+	* emultempl/spuelf.em (new_tmp_file): Fix wrong first parameter.
+
 2010-11-05  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* po/ld.pot: Regenerate
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em b/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
index 2ea760a7f0..ff6785ca6e 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/spuelf.em
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ new_tmp_file (char **fname)
   *fname = mktemp (*fname);
   if (*fname == NULL)
     return -1;
-  fd = open (fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600);
+  fd = open (*fname, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600);
 #endif
   return fd;
 }