--- gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
+++ gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
@@ -757,7 +757,12 @@
 
   /* Check if ADDR points to a function descriptor.  */
   if (s && strcmp (s->the_bfd_section->name, ".opd") == 0)
-    return get_target_memory_unsigned (targ, addr, 8);
+    {
+      gdb_byte buf[8];
+
+      if (target_read_memory (addr, buf, 8) == 0)
+	return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, 8);
+    }
 
   return addr;
 }