diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index b0b8f05d855..b59f4e7670a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jan  4 14:14:05 1995  Jeff Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
+
+	* som.c (som_begin_writing): Don't forget to bump the
+	total_subspaces when writing the unloadable subspaces.
+
 Wed Dec 28 20:54:47 1994  Jeff Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
 
 	* som.c (som_write_fixups): Use SEC_HAS_CONTENTS to identify
diff --git a/bfd/som.c b/bfd/som.c
index c84c63129e4..d0c9fc60d86 100644
--- a/bfd/som.c
+++ b/bfd/som.c
@@ -3139,7 +3139,7 @@ som_begin_writing (abfd)
 	      || (subsection->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0)
 	    continue;
 
-	  subsection->target_index = total_subspaces;
+	  subsection->target_index = total_subspaces++;
 	  /* This is real data to be loaded from the file.  */
 	  if ((subsection->flags & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
 	    {