diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 1eba7a82f9..4f3b21196a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+	* elflink.h (elf_gc_propagate_vtable_entries_used): Fix off-by-one
+	error.
+
 2001-08-30  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* elf32-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Revert the last
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index c2bcc45c36..0da2f0e76e 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -7101,10 +7101,12 @@ elf_gc_propagate_vtable_entries_used (h, okp)
           int file_align = bed->s->file_align;
 
 	  n = h->vtable_parent->vtable_entries_size / file_align;
-	  while (--n != 0)
+	  while (n--)
 	    {
-	      if (*pu) *cu = true;
-	      pu++, cu++;
+	      if (*pu)
+		*cu = true;
+	      pu++;
+	      cu++;
 	    }
 	}
     }