diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 606bb599a5..9e049e7a9c 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-03-16  Fred Fish  <fnf@specifixinc.com>
+
+	PR binutils/790
+	* dwarf2.c (read_indirect_string): Fix apparent typo, check
+	dwarf_str_buffer allocation, not dwarf_abbrev_buffer.
+
 2005-03-16  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elflink.c (elf_mark_used_section): New.
diff --git a/bfd/dwarf2.c b/bfd/dwarf2.c
index fb5cf9f918..2bd232d9da 100644
--- a/bfd/dwarf2.c
+++ b/bfd/dwarf2.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ read_indirect_string (struct comp_unit* unit,
       sz = msec->rawsize ? msec->rawsize : msec->size;
       stash->dwarf_str_size = sz;
       stash->dwarf_str_buffer = bfd_alloc (abfd, sz);
-      if (! stash->dwarf_abbrev_buffer)
+      if (! stash->dwarf_str_buffer)
 	return NULL;
 
       if (! bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, msec, stash->dwarf_str_buffer,