diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 9472efb1bfd..1d01e8c467d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2019-09-11  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
+	* python/libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py (SharedPtrUseCountWorker.__call__):
+	Fix syntax error.
+
 	* testsuite/20_util/result_of/sfinae_friendly_1.cc: Add -Wno-volatile
 	for C++2a and up. Define HAS_52748_FIXED and fix incorrect tests.
 	* testsuite/tr1/3_function_objects/result_of.cc: Add -Wno-volatile
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py
index 623cb80bc0e..a720a63fa1a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/python/libstdcxx/v6/xmethods.py
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ class SharedPtrUseCountWorker(gdb.xmethod.XMethodWorker):
         return gdb.lookup_type('long')
 
     def __call__(self, obj):
-        refcounts = ['_M_refcount']['_M_pi']
+        refcounts = obj['_M_refcount']['_M_pi']
         return refcounts['_M_use_count'] if refcounts else 0
 
 class SharedPtrUniqueWorker(SharedPtrUseCountWorker):