diff --git a/gnu/dist/bfd/libbfd.c b/gnu/dist/bfd/libbfd.c
index 042bdeeabdd1..7345dd83b019 100644
--- a/gnu/dist/bfd/libbfd.c
+++ b/gnu/dist/bfd/libbfd.c
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ bfd_get_file_window (abfd, offset, size, windowp, writable)
       i->size = real_size;
       windowp->data = (PTR) ((bfd_byte *) i->data + offset2);
       windowp->size = size;
+      i->refcount = 1;
       i->mapped = 1;
       return true;
     }