diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5ab46c3b1e3..4f2fb8dd3b3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-10-10  Alan Modra  <alan@linuxcare.com.au>
+
+	* ieee.c (ieee_make_empty_symbol): Use bfd_zalloc, not bfd_zmalloc.
+
 2000-10-10  Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
 
 	* section.c (bfd_make_section_anyway): Release newsect ptr when 
diff --git a/bfd/ieee.c b/bfd/ieee.c
index e66e2056a7d..97ad7cc844e 100644
--- a/bfd/ieee.c
+++ b/bfd/ieee.c
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ ieee_make_empty_symbol (abfd)
      bfd *abfd;
 {
   ieee_symbol_type *new =
-    (ieee_symbol_type *) bfd_zmalloc (sizeof (ieee_symbol_type));
+    (ieee_symbol_type *) bfd_zalloc (sizeof (ieee_symbol_type));
   if (!new)
     return NULL;
   new->symbol.the_bfd = abfd;