diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 03bdac1df7..eb5b3e0ea3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-08-09  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* opncls.c (bfd_openr_iovec): Fix the OPEN parameter macro expansion.
+
 2007-08-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* po/bfd.pot: Updated template.
diff --git a/bfd/opncls.c b/bfd/opncls.c
index 02066d8c1e..3d02c32fb6 100644
--- a/bfd/opncls.c
+++ b/bfd/opncls.c
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ bfd_openr_iovec (const char *filename, const char *target,
   nbfd->filename = filename;
   nbfd->direction = read_direction;
 
-  stream = open (nbfd, open_closure);
+  /* `open (...)' would get expanded by an the open(2) syscall macro.  */
+  stream = (*open) (nbfd, open_closure);
   if (stream == NULL)
     {
       _bfd_delete_bfd (nbfd);