diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 96307dd252..a2a6470eb1 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-09-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR binutils/3262
+	* elf.c (rewrite_elf_program_header): Use bfd_zalloc instead of
+	bfd_alloc to allocate segment map.
+	(copy_elf_program_header): Likewise.
+
 2006-09-26  Mark Shinwell  <shinwell@codesourcery.com>
             Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
             Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@wasabisystems.com>
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 73a8713e21..87c3cc7cb1 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -5401,7 +5401,7 @@ rewrite_elf_program_header (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
 	 all of the sections we have selected.  */
       amt = sizeof (struct elf_segment_map);
       amt += ((bfd_size_type) section_count - 1) * sizeof (asection *);
-      map = bfd_alloc (obfd, amt);
+      map = bfd_zalloc (obfd, amt);
       if (map == NULL)
 	return FALSE;
 
@@ -5796,7 +5796,7 @@ copy_elf_program_header (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
       amt = sizeof (struct elf_segment_map);
       if (section_count != 0)
 	amt += ((bfd_size_type) section_count - 1) * sizeof (asection *);
-      map = bfd_alloc (obfd, amt);
+      map = bfd_zalloc (obfd, amt);
       if (map == NULL)
 	return FALSE;