diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index ff8161a1b4..e8e80b364f 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-06-14  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
+
+	* objcopy.c (do_elf_stt_common): Use correct type.
+
 2016-06-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* ar.c: Expand uses of bfd_my_archive.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 06fcea3f8b..76170cb35f 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static enum
 } do_debug_sections = nothing;
 
 /* Whether to generate ELF common symbols with the STT_COMMON type.  */
-static enum bfd_link_discard do_elf_stt_common = unchanged;
+static enum bfd_link_elf_stt_common do_elf_stt_common = unchanged;
 
 /* Whether to change the leading character in symbol names.  */
 static bfd_boolean change_leading_char = FALSE;