diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 34746a1fb4..976fea1de2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-04-21  Craig Silverstein  <csilvers@google.com>
+
+	* dwarf2read.c (zlib_decompress_section): Define abfd in the
+	!HAVE_ZLIB_H case.
+
 2008-04-21  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* symfile.c (syms_from_objfile): Don't warn if lowest loadable
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 4b08e4337b..468ac87051 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -5295,12 +5295,12 @@ static void
 zlib_decompress_section (struct objfile *objfile, asection *sectp,
                          gdb_byte **outbuf, bfd_size_type *outsize)
 {
+  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
 #ifndef HAVE_ZLIB_H
   error (_("Support for zlib-compressed DWARF data (from '%s') "
            "is disabled in this copy of GDB"),
          bfd_get_filename (abfd));
 #else
-  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
   bfd_size_type compressed_size = bfd_get_section_size (sectp);
   gdb_byte *compressed_buffer = xmalloc (compressed_size);
   bfd_size_type uncompressed_size;