diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index c35a822767..e1588d23bf 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-05  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mn10300.c (tc_gen_reloc): Don't free
+	reloc->sym_ptr_ptr if it's not allocated.
+
 2001-10-04  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (prev_insn_reloc_type): Make it an array to hold a
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c b/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
index a2acc75359..dbc9ffd076 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
@@ -1779,6 +1779,8 @@ tc_gen_reloc (seg, fixp)
 
   if (fixp->fx_addsy && fixp->fx_subsy)
     {
+      reloc->sym_ptr_ptr = NULL;
+
       /* If we got a difference between two symbols, and the
 	 subtracted symbol is in the current section, use a
 	 PC-relative relocation.  If both symbols are in the same
@@ -1856,7 +1858,8 @@ tc_gen_reloc (seg, fixp)
 	    }
 	}
 
-      free (reloc->sym_ptr_ptr);
+      if (reloc->sym_ptr_ptr)
+	free (reloc->sym_ptr_ptr);
       free (reloc);
       return NULL;
     }