diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 29ce21bb670..8d8645ec3ab 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-04-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* coffcode.h (coff_rtype_to_howto): Initialise genrel.howto.
+
 2007-04-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* bfd.c (bfd_demangle): New function.
diff --git a/bfd/coffcode.h b/bfd/coffcode.h
index d86247e246a..98d1c0886bf 100644
--- a/bfd/coffcode.h
+++ b/bfd/coffcode.h
@@ -4950,6 +4950,7 @@ coff_rtype_to_howto (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 {
   arelent genrel;
 
+  genrel.howto = NULL;
   RTYPE2HOWTO (&genrel, rel);
   return genrel.howto;
 }