diff --git a/sim/h8300/ChangeLog b/sim/h8300/ChangeLog
index 5d66c95ea8..9938196d7b 100644
--- a/sim/h8300/ChangeLog
+++ b/sim/h8300/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-01-05  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
+
+	* compile.c (sim_load): Don't pass a type to bfd_openr.
+
 2003-12-16  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@redhat.com>
 
 	Patch submitted by Anil Paranjape <AnilP1@KPITCummins.com>
diff --git a/sim/h8300/compile.c b/sim/h8300/compile.c
index 462240ce14..ec5f974c7b 100644
--- a/sim/h8300/compile.c
+++ b/sim/h8300/compile.c
@@ -5052,7 +5052,7 @@ sim_load (SIM_DESC sd, char *prog, bfd *abfd, int from_tty)
   if (abfd != NULL)
     prog_bfd = abfd;
   else
-    prog_bfd = bfd_openr (prog, "coff-h8300");
+    prog_bfd = bfd_openr (prog, NULL);
   if (prog_bfd != NULL)
     {
       /* Set the cpu type.  We ignore failure from bfd_check_format