diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 94c615be5a..5b1b7ba1e8 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-10  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_insert_operand, md_assemble): Use '%s' for
+	as_bad calls to silence compiler warning.
+
 2009-02-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR 9814
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
index 034eb8f3de..2515ab5abf 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ ppc_insert_operand (unsigned long insn,
       errmsg = NULL;
       insn = (*operand->insert) (insn, (long) val, ppc_cpu, &errmsg);
       if (errmsg != (const char *) NULL)
-	as_bad_where (file, line, errmsg);
+	as_bad_where (file, line, "%s", errmsg);
     }
   else
     insn |= ((long) val & operand->bitm) << operand->shift;
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ md_assemble (char *str)
 	{
 	  insn = (*operand->insert) (insn, 0L, ppc_cpu, &errmsg);
 	  if (errmsg != (const char *) NULL)
-	    as_bad (errmsg);
+	    as_bad ("%s", errmsg);
 	  continue;
 	}
 
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@ md_assemble (char *str)
 	    {
 	      insn = (*operand->insert) (insn, 0L, ppc_cpu, &errmsg);
 	      if (errmsg != (const char *) NULL)
-		as_bad (errmsg);
+		as_bad ("%s", errmsg);
 	    }
 	  if ((operand->flags & PPC_OPERAND_NEXT) != 0)
 	    next_opindex = *opindex_ptr + 1;