diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index e9535558..330ec2b2 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-11-05  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* connect.c (bindport): Fix compilation under pre-C99 compilers.
+
 2003-11-05  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
 	* connect.c (connect_to_ip): More compact error checking.
diff --git a/src/connect.c b/src/connect.c
index c65868d8..62ce2af9 100644
--- a/src/connect.c
+++ b/src/connect.c
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ bindport (const ip_address *bind_address, int *port, int *local_sock)
   int family = AF_INET;
   struct sockaddr_storage ss;
   struct sockaddr *sa = (struct sockaddr *)&ss;
-  xzero (ss);
 
   /* For setting options with setsockopt. */
   int setopt_val = 1;
@@ -423,6 +422,7 @@ bindport (const ip_address *bind_address, int *port, int *local_sock)
 # endif
 #endif
 
+  xzero (ss);
   sockaddr_set_data (sa, bind_address, *port);
   if (bind (sock, sa, sockaddr_size (sa)) < 0)
     {