diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 5b8916b1b74..d5f6e5de0dc 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-01-17  Nickolai Zeldovich  <nickolai@csail.mit.edu>
+
+	* objdump.c (dump_target_specific): Fix NULL pointer test.
+
 2013-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR binutils/15018
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 9164d83f700..394a647b3aa 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ dump_target_specific (bfd *abfd)
     if ((*desc)->filter (abfd))
       break;
 
-  if (desc == NULL)
+  if (*desc == NULL)
     {
       non_fatal (_("option -P/--private not supported by this file"));
       return;