Index: src/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gas/config/tc-ppc.c	2009-10-02 16:51:22.000000000 +0200
+++ src/gas/config/tc-ppc.c	2010-04-12 13:31:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ ppc_elf_cons (int nbytes /* 1=.byte, 2=.
 	      int offset;
 
 	      p = frag_more (nbytes);
+	      memset (p, 0, nbytes);
 	      offset = 0;
 	      if (target_big_endian)
 		offset = nbytes - size;