diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f25c1b1e62..c15e8cb703 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2014-10-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutils/17512
+	* ihex.c (ihex_scan): Fix typo in invocation of ihex_bad_byte.
 	* coffgen.c (coff_get_normalized_symtab): Prevent buffer overrun.
 
 2014-10-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
diff --git a/bfd/ihex.c b/bfd/ihex.c
index 8d3590d670..9b3b813879 100644
--- a/bfd/ihex.c
+++ b/bfd/ihex.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ ihex_scan (bfd *abfd)
 	    {
 	      if (! ISHEX (buf[i]))
 		{
-		  ihex_bad_byte (abfd, lineno, hdr[i], error);
+		  ihex_bad_byte (abfd, lineno, buf[i], error);
 		  goto error_return;
 		}
 	    }