diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 25ec0a0dbc..50d5ecc2a4 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-17  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf.c (bfd_elf_get_elf_syms): Change type of `esym' to
+ 	`bfd_byte'.
+
 2002-08-17  Stan Cox  <scox@redhat.com>
 
 	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_modify_segment_map): Use the
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 1582496a1d..a9db43bb82 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ bfd_elf_get_elf_syms (ibfd, symtab_hdr, symcount, symoffset,
 {
   Elf_Internal_Shdr *shndx_hdr;
   PTR alloc_ext;
-  const PTR esym;
+  const bfd_byte *esym;
   Elf_External_Sym_Shndx *alloc_extshndx;
   Elf_External_Sym_Shndx *shndx;
   Elf_Internal_Sym *isym;