diff --git a/libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c b/libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c
index 6a210613f748..577b1d8c74ce 100644
--- a/libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c
+++ b/libexec/ld.elf_so/arch/sparc64/mdreloc.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: mdreloc.c,v 1.31 2002/09/26 20:42:12 mycroft Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: mdreloc.c,v 1.32 2002/10/18 20:35:25 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 2000 Eduardo Horvath.
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ _rtld_bind(obj, reloff)
 	const Elf_Rela *rela = obj->pltrela + reloff;
 	const Elf_Sym *def;
 	const Obj_Entry *defobj;
-	Elf_Word *where = (Elf_Word *)(obj->relocbase + rela->r_offset);
+	Elf_Word *where;
 	Elf_Addr value, offset;
 
 	if (ELF_R_TYPE(obj->pltrela->r_info) == R_TYPE(JMP_SLOT)) {
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@ _rtld_bind(obj, reloff)
 		rela -= 4;
 	}
 
+	where = (Elf_Word *)(obj->relocbase + rela->r_offset);
+
 	/* Fully resolve procedure addresses now */
 
 	assert(ELF_R_TYPE(rela->r_info) == R_TYPE(JMP_SLOT));