diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index da19766a43..e680c3ac41 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-05-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* bfd.c (_bfd_default_error_handler): Replace use of putc
+	by fputc.  Add comment explaining why.
+
 2013-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't omit reading
diff --git a/bfd/bfd.c b/bfd/bfd.c
index 10bc319bda..8d0580c20f 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd.c
+++ b/bfd/bfd.c
@@ -733,7 +733,9 @@ _bfd_default_error_handler (const char *fmt, ...)
   vfprintf (stderr, new_fmt, ap);
   va_end (ap);
 
-  putc ('\n', stderr);
+  /* On AIX, putc is implemented as a macro that triggers a -Wunused-value
+     warning, so use the fputc function to avoid it.  */
+  fputc ('\n', stderr);
   fflush (stderr);
 }