diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 80f1cfc3d3e..608d4300efe 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-01-12  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
 
+	* pex-unix.c (writeerr): Cast write result to void.
+
 	* choose-temp.c (choose_temp_base): Check the result of the call
 	to mktemp rather than testing the length of the modified string.
 
diff --git a/libiberty/pex-unix.c b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
index c5fa984817e..a7760415e01 100644
--- a/libiberty/pex-unix.c
+++ b/libiberty/pex-unix.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void
 pex_child_error (struct pex_obj *obj, const char *executable,
 		 const char *errmsg, int err)
 {
-#define writeerr(s) write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s))
+#define writeerr(s) (void) write (STDERR_FILE_NO, s, strlen (s))
   writeerr (obj->pname);
   writeerr (": error trying to exec '");
   writeerr (executable);