diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 377cff1224..ae84e068e7 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-07-17  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/coremaker.c: Fix for Linux failure in gdb.base/corefile.exp
+
 2008-07-15  Paul Pluzhnikov  <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
 
 	* gdb.cp/class2.exp: fix for failure on spu-elf
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coremaker.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coremaker.c
index 2cfa15aee4..d743cc6b43 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coremaker.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coremaker.c
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ mmapdata ()
 	  return;
 	}
     }
+  /* Touch buf2 so kernel writes it out into 'core'. */
+  buf2[0] = buf1[0];
 }
 
 void
@@ -137,4 +139,3 @@ int main ()
   func1 ();
   return 0;
 }
-