diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9a5740210b3..118f17588a8 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-02-25  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
+
+	* solib-darwin.c (darwin_get_dyld_bfd): Don't release dyld_bfd.
+
 2019-02-23  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
 
 	* gcore.in: Add '--readnever' option when invoking GDB.
diff --git a/gdb/solib-darwin.c b/gdb/solib-darwin.c
index d3060604bad..b976b79091a 100644
--- a/gdb/solib-darwin.c
+++ b/gdb/solib-darwin.c
@@ -452,10 +452,7 @@ darwin_get_dyld_bfd ()
       gdb_bfd_ref_ptr sub
 	(gdb_bfd_mach_o_fat_extract (dyld_bfd.get (), bfd_object,
 				     gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ())));
-      if (sub != NULL)
-	dyld_bfd = sub;
-      else
-	dyld_bfd.release ();
+      dyld_bfd = sub;
     }
   return dyld_bfd;
 }