diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 82064f7c05..5f15b7e7de 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-14  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relocate_section) [BRSGP]: Increment
+	VALUE, not ADDEND.
+
 2002-10-14  Stephen Clarke <stephen.clarke@superh.com>
 
 	* elf32-sh.c (elf_sh_link_hash_entry): Replace
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
index 5973017360..1058a1c269 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
@@ -4577,7 +4577,7 @@ elf64_alpha_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
 	      case STO_ALPHA_NOPV:
 	        break;
 	      case STO_ALPHA_STD_GPLOAD:
-		addend += 8;
+		value += 8;
 		break;
 	      default:
 		if (h != NULL)