diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ba963e504ce..cd80314fdc0 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-04-22  Keith Seitz  <keiths@redhat.com>
+
+	* tracepoint.c (trace_save):  Call the writer's start method.
+
 2013-04-24  Muhammad Bilal  <mbilal@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR gdb/10462
diff --git a/gdb/tracepoint.c b/gdb/tracepoint.c
index f5c9c496820..e2b21af93e5 100644
--- a/gdb/tracepoint.c
+++ b/gdb/tracepoint.c
@@ -3341,6 +3341,8 @@ trace_save (const char *filename, struct trace_file_writer *writer,
      target is losing, we can get out without touching files.  */
   status = target_get_trace_status (ts);
 
+  writer->ops->start (writer, filename);
+
   writer->ops->write_header (writer);
 
   /* Write descriptive info.  */