diff --git a/sim/ppc/ChangeLog b/sim/ppc/ChangeLog
index e8637518bc6..1b6ad7c64a3 100644
--- a/sim/ppc/ChangeLog
+++ b/sim/ppc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Wed Aug 27 10:24:15 1997  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
+
+	* idecode_expression.h (ALU_END): From Charles Lefurgy - Extract
+ 	sign bit using 64 bit and not a 32 bit mask.
+
+Wed Aug 27 10:15:48 1997  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
+
+	* sim_calls.c (sim_load): From Ian Lance Taylor - free argv after
+ 	it has been used, not before.
+	
 Tue Aug 26 10:41:35 1997  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
 
 	* sim_calls.c (sim_kill): Delete.
diff --git a/sim/ppc/sim_calls.c b/sim/ppc/sim_calls.c
index 48669031f4d..228b7c78132 100644
--- a/sim/ppc/sim_calls.c
+++ b/sim/ppc/sim_calls.c
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ sim_load (SIM_DESC sd, char *prog, bfd *abfd, int from_tty)
   /* bring in all the data section */
   psim_init(simulator);
 
-  /* release the arguments */
-  freeargv(argv);
-
   /* get the start address */
   if (abfd != NULL)
     entry_point = bfd_get_start_address (abfd);
@@ -136,6 +133,9 @@ sim_load (SIM_DESC sd, char *prog, bfd *abfd, int from_tty)
       bfd_close (abfd);
     }
 
+  /* release the arguments */
+  freeargv(argv);
+
   return SIM_RC_OK;
 }