diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 0136341b57f..5f3191ced2e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf32-m32c.c (m32c_elf_relax_section): Initialise 'gap'.
+
 2006-03-02  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_create_dynamic_sections): Use
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-m32c.c b/bfd/elf32-m32c.c
index 8004795e3b1..2295a54613a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-m32c.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-m32c.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ m32c_elf_relax_section
       /* Setting gap_size nonzero is the flag which means "something
 	 shrunk".  */
       gap_size = 0;
+      gap = NULL;
       new_type = ELF32_R_TYPE(srel->r_info);
 
       pc = sec->output_section->vma + sec->output_offset