diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 6d46deb299..664a2c0229 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-05-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 10143
+	* config/bfin-parse.y (error): Use "%s" as format string for error
+	message.
+
 2009-05-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* dep-in.sed: Output one filename per line with all lines having
diff --git a/gas/config/bfin-parse.y b/gas/config/bfin-parse.y
index 83cc68802a..b39d5cdaae 100644
--- a/gas/config/bfin-parse.y
+++ b/gas/config/bfin-parse.y
@@ -169,13 +169,13 @@ int yyerror (char *msg);
 void error (char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
-    char buffer[2000];
+    static char buffer[2000];
     
     va_start (ap, format);
     vsprintf (buffer, format, ap);
     va_end (ap);
 
-    as_bad (buffer);
+    as_bad ("%s", buffer);
 }
 
 int