diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index c4172ebe5e..3245f8c5ad 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-03-23  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+	* dwarf2.c (read_indexed_string): Rename index to idx.
+
 2021-03-22  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>
 
 	* bfd-in.h (startswith): Add startswith function.
diff --git a/bfd/dwarf2.c b/bfd/dwarf2.c
index 9f895b1a20..dbaec4016c 100644
--- a/bfd/dwarf2.c
+++ b/bfd/dwarf2.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ is_str_attr (enum dwarf_form form)
 }
 
 static const char *
-read_indexed_string (bfd_uint64_t index ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+read_indexed_string (bfd_uint64_t idx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 		     struct comp_unit * unit ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
   /* FIXME: Add support for indexed strings.  */