diff --git a/gcc/dwarf2out.cc b/gcc/dwarf2out.cc
index fccf59e8ec3245ea0cf851c92739ad11997dbbb1..29f32ec69399c0d9d537bbdf366e40bac0ce99fc 100644
--- a/gcc/dwarf2out.cc
+++ b/gcc/dwarf2out.cc
@@ -27479,7 +27479,7 @@ gen_namelist_decl (tree name, dw_die_ref scope_die, tree item_decls)
 	nml_item_ref_die = force_decl_die (value);
 
       nml_item_die = new_die (DW_TAG_namelist_item, nml_die, NULL);
-      add_AT_die_ref (nml_item_die, DW_AT_namelist_items, nml_item_ref_die);
+      add_AT_die_ref (nml_item_die, DW_AT_namelist_item, nml_item_ref_die);
     }
   return nml_die;
 }
diff --git a/include/dwarf2.def b/include/dwarf2.def
index 4214c80907a09ca32342870f0127d49c6a811bd9..530c6f849f984acc2d619c5dbe6447e1734895d7 100644
--- a/include/dwarf2.def
+++ b/include/dwarf2.def
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ DW_AT (DW_AT_frame_base, 0x40)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_friend, 0x41)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_identifier_case, 0x42)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_macro_info, 0x43)
-DW_AT (DW_AT_namelist_items, 0x44)
+DW_AT (DW_AT_namelist_item, 0x44)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_priority, 0x45)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_segment, 0x46)
 DW_AT (DW_AT_specification, 0x47)