diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index ed7f31d7680..345ec626695 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-12-28  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@google.com>
+
+	* attributes.cc (Output_attributes_section_data::do_write): Use
+	std::vector::front rather than std::vector::data.
+
 2009-12-28  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant@google.com>
 
 	* symtab.h (class Symbol_table): Add enum Defined.
diff --git a/gold/attributes.cc b/gold/attributes.cc
index 6b2260d7b94..2024fda6296 100644
--- a/gold/attributes.cc
+++ b/gold/attributes.cc
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ Output_attributes_section_data::do_write(Output_file* of)
   std::vector<unsigned char> buffer;
   this->attributes_section_data_.write(&buffer);
   gold_assert(convert_to_section_size_type(buffer.size()) == oview_size);
-  memcpy(oview, buffer.data(), buffer.size());
+  memcpy(oview, &buffer.front(), buffer.size());
   of->write_output_view(this->offset(), oview_size, oview);
 }