diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 5d120f1dec..32c5f1c431 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-04-01  Ed Schouten  <ed@nuxi.nl>
+
+	* emultempl/elf32.em (gld*_before_allocation): Zero-initialize
+	the ehdr_start_save variable.
+
 2015-03-31  Ed Schouten  <ed@nuxi.nl>
 
 	* Makefile.am (ALL_64_EMULATION_SOURCES): Add
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
index 618e20a251..2caddbe7f1 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation (void)
   asection *sinterp;
   bfd *abfd;
   struct elf_link_hash_entry *ehdr_start = NULL;
-  struct bfd_link_hash_entry ehdr_start_save = ehdr_start_save;
+  struct bfd_link_hash_entry ehdr_start_save = {};
 
   if (is_elf_hash_table (link_info.hash))
     {