diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index eafffbe2b4..ae56e57ae0 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-19  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_visibility): Overwrite only the
+	visibility portion of st_other.
+
 2002-11-19  Klee Dienes  <kdienes@apple.com>
 
 	* config/tc-h8300.c (struct h8_instruction): New type, used to
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index 259785d2de..221ed057ae 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -545,7 +545,8 @@ obj_elf_visibility (visibility)
 
       assert (elfsym);
 
-      elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other = visibility;
+      elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other &= ~3;
+      elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other |= visibility;
 
       if (c == ',')
 	{