diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index bc0eec6c5..c0f55f3b4 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-26  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/string/memset.c (memset): Move initialization of 'd' earlier in
+	function.
+
 2002-11-25  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/string/memset.c (memset): Minor optimization: Use new 'd'
diff --git a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
index 41b7d03ba..6f98cac62 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/string/memset.c
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ _DEFUN (memset, (m, c, n),
   int i;
   unsigned long buffer;
   unsigned long *aligned_addr;
+  unsigned int d = c & 0xff;
 
   if (!TOO_SMALL (n) && !UNALIGNED (m))
     {
       /* If we get this far, we know that n is large and m is word-aligned. */
 
       /* To avoid sign extention, copy C to an unsigned variable.  */
-      unsigned int d = c & 0xff;
 
       aligned_addr = (unsigned long*)m;