diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ff4238e465c..812b83e4641 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-06-16  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* mi/mi-main.c (mi_cmd_data_read_memory): Dispatch
+	TARGET_OJECT_MEMORY reads to the topmost target, not to the
+	flattened current_target.
+
 2009-06-16  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* avr-tdep.c (struct gdbarch_tdep): Replace the unused field with
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
index 73aec0ffb44..13d69285f57 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-main.c
@@ -915,8 +915,11 @@ mi_cmd_data_read_memory (char *command, char **argv, int argc)
   mbuf = xcalloc (total_bytes, 1);
   make_cleanup (xfree, mbuf);
 
-  nr_bytes = target_read_until_error (&current_target, TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY, 
-				      NULL, mbuf, addr, total_bytes);
+  /* Dispatch memory reads to the topmost target, not the flattened
+     current_target.  */
+  nr_bytes = target_read_until_error (current_target.beneath,
+				      TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY, NULL, mbuf,
+				      addr, total_bytes);
   if (nr_bytes <= 0)
     error ("Unable to read memory.");