diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6164fc373a..cd86be7fb3 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-04-26  Andrzej Kaczmarek  <andrzej.kaczmarek@codecoup.pl>
+
+	PR remote/9665
+	* remote.c (send_g_packet): Use putpkt/getpkt/packet_check_result
+	instead of remote_send.
+	(remote_send): Remove.
+
 2018-04-26  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* elfread.c (elf_gnu_ifunc_resolver_return_stop): Use
diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 193037b6e7..5920b82dd7 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ static void remote_mourn (struct target_ops *ops);
 
 static void extended_remote_restart (void);
 
-static void remote_send (char **buf, long *sizeof_buf_p);
-
 static int readchar (int timeout);
 
 static void remote_serial_write (const char *str, int len);
@@ -7524,7 +7522,11 @@ send_g_packet (void)
   int buf_len;
 
   xsnprintf (rs->buf, get_remote_packet_size (), "g");
-  remote_send (&rs->buf, &rs->buf_size);
+  putpkt (rs->buf);
+  getpkt (&rs->buf, &rs->buf_size, 0);
+  if (packet_check_result (rs->buf) == PACKET_ERROR)
+    error (_("Could not read registers; remote failure reply '%s'"),
+           rs->buf);
 
   /* We can get out of synch in various cases.  If the first character
      in the buffer is not a hex character, assume that has happened
@@ -8600,22 +8602,6 @@ remote_serial_write (const char *str, int len)
     set_quit_flag ();
 }
 
-/* Send the command in *BUF to the remote machine, and read the reply
-   into *BUF.  Report an error if we get an error reply.  Resize
-   *BUF using xrealloc if necessary to hold the result, and update
-   *SIZEOF_BUF.  */
-
-static void
-remote_send (char **buf,
-	     long *sizeof_buf)
-{
-  putpkt (*buf);
-  getpkt (buf, sizeof_buf, 0);
-
-  if ((*buf)[0] == 'E')
-    error (_("Remote failure reply: %s"), *buf);
-}
-
 /* Return a string representing an escaped version of BUF, of len N.
    E.g. \n is converted to \\n, \t to \\t, etc.  */