diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 1ff27293c9..b991a83e5f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-29  Steven J. Hill <sjhill@realitydiluted.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section): Initialise
+	'value' to avoid compile time warning message.
+
 2005-08-26  Christian Groessler  <chris@groessler.org>
 
 	* coff-z8k.c: (r_jr, r_disp7, r_callr): Fix src_mask and dst_mask
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index 389c2affa3..28ada821c3 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -6942,7 +6942,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
   for (rel = relocs; rel < relend; ++rel)
     {
       const char *name;
-      bfd_vma value;
+      bfd_vma value = 0;
       reloc_howto_type *howto;
       bfd_boolean require_jalx;
       /* TRUE if the relocation is a RELA relocation, rather than a