diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 2c7c4cc481..df6cb7746f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-10-14  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@redhat.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_create_got_section): Initialize global_gotno.
+
 2003-10-24  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elflink.h (NAME(bfd_elf,size_dynamic_sections)): Look up
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index 2bff5a0570..6a6787fe45 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -2867,6 +2867,7 @@ mips_elf_create_got_section (abfd, info, maybe_exclude)
   if (g == NULL)
     return FALSE;
   g->global_gotsym = NULL;
+  g->global_gotno = 0;
   g->local_gotno = MIPS_RESERVED_GOTNO;
   g->assigned_gotno = MIPS_RESERVED_GOTNO;
   g->bfd2got = NULL;