diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 9955a551ed..52e976a2d2 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-05-23  Eric Christopher  <echristo@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (macro_build_jalr): Warning patrol.
+
 2003-05-22  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (append_insn): Use actual relocation size for new
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 7d72dad788..4b16e9392e 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -3312,7 +3312,7 @@ macro_build_jalr (icnt, ep)
      int icnt;
      expressionS *ep;
 {
-  char *f;
+  char *f = NULL;;
 
   if (HAVE_NEWABI)
     {