diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 87b9b79a597..6de96e75cd4 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-09-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
+	* elf64-x86-64.c (elf64_x86_64_reloc_type_lookup): Don't map bfd
+	reloc code using x86_64_reloc_map.
+
 	* elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_check_relocs): Update comment since we
 	no longer allocate here.  Localise some vars to blocks where they
 	are used.
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
index 0359b164ac4..decd987019e 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ elf64_x86_64_reloc_type_lookup (abfd, code)
        i++)
     {
       if (x86_64_reloc_map[i].bfd_reloc_val == code)
-	return &x86_64_elf_howto_table[(int)
-				       x86_64_reloc_map[i].elf_reloc_val];
+	return &x86_64_elf_howto_table[i];
     }
   return 0;
 }