diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 894b0b90742..13a3cbb7899 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-02-17  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+
+	PR build/16550
+	* cache.c (bfd_cache_max_open): Cast RLIM_INFINITY to rlim_t.
+
 2014-01-07  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* elf32-xtensa.c (vsprint_msg): Don't use old VA_* compatibility
diff --git a/bfd/cache.c b/bfd/cache.c
index 4d46936bcfd..4071a02219f 100644
--- a/bfd/cache.c
+++ b/bfd/cache.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bfd_cache_max_open (void)
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRLIMIT
       struct rlimit rlim;
       if (getrlimit (RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rlim) == 0
-	  && rlim.rlim_cur != RLIM_INFINITY)
+	  && rlim.rlim_cur != (rlim_t) RLIM_INFINITY)
 	max = rlim.rlim_cur / 8;
       else
 #endif /* HAVE_GETRLIMIT */