diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 26723d491..6ca41c09d 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-04-16  Jeff johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/misc/init.c (__libc_fini_array): Process fini_array in
+	reverse order as compliant with the ELF specification.
+
 2009-04-16  Ken Werner  <ken.werner@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* libc/machine/spu/Makefile.am: Add new File.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/misc/init.c b/newlib/libc/misc/init.c
index 539fbefed..50bac50c7 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/misc/init.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/misc/init.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ __libc_fini_array (void)
   size_t i;
   
   count = __fini_array_end - __fini_array_start;
-  for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
-    __fini_array_start[i] ();
+  for (i = count; i > 0; i--)
+    __fini_array_start[i-1] ();
 
   _fini ();
 }