diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 93eeac1855..87b3977925 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-02  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* linux-nat.c (status_to_str): Use WTERMSIG to extract the signal
+	number from a WIFSIGNALED status.
+
 2010-09-01  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* symtab.h (lookup_type_symbol): Declare.
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index e50594d125..fc9dafec21 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ status_to_str (int status)
     }
   else if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
     snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s (terminated)",
-	      strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
+	      strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
   else
     snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%d (exited)", WEXITSTATUS (status));