diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 2269d443b6..417fed93cd 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-15  Vladimir Prus  <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* ia64-linux.nat (_initialize_ia64_linux_nat): Don't
+	call linux_target twice.
+
 2008-08-14  Aleksandar Ristovski  <aristovski@qnx.com>
 
 	* nto-tdep.c (lm_info): Updated struct lm_info definition from
diff --git a/gdb/ia64-linux-nat.c b/gdb/ia64-linux-nat.c
index dc39935838..45befb0220 100644
--- a/gdb/ia64-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/ia64-linux-nat.c
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ void _initialize_ia64_linux_nat (void);
 void
 _initialize_ia64_linux_nat (void)
 {
-  struct target_ops *t = linux_target ();
+  struct target_ops *t;
 
   /* Fill in the generic GNU/Linux methods.  */
   t = linux_target ();