diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a8ab8b03c7..104e3cb0d6 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-10-21  Sangamesh Mallayya  <sangamesh.swamy@in.ibm.com>
+	    Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* xcoffread.c (read_xcoff_symtab): Make name of current file as
+	pst->filename instead of _start_ in AIX.
+
 2016-10-21  Philipp Rudo  <prudo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* solist.h (struct target_so_ops): Delete special_symbol_handling
diff --git a/gdb/xcoffread.c b/gdb/xcoffread.c
index 507baf2f4a..02c1e5a39c 100644
--- a/gdb/xcoffread.c
+++ b/gdb/xcoffread.c
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ read_xcoff_symtab (struct objfile *objfile, struct partial_symtab *pst)
   union internal_auxent fcn_aux_saved = main_aux;
   struct context_stack *newobj;
 
-  char *filestring = " _start_ ";	/* Name of the current file.  */
+  char *filestring = pst->filename;	/* Name of the current file.  */
 
   const char *last_csect_name;	/* Last seen csect's name.  */