diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8c6a9b1af3..343477585b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3297.	[bug]		Named could die on a malformed master file. [RT #28467]
+
 3295.	[bug]		Adjust isc_time_secondsastimet range check to be more
 			portable. [RT # 26542]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/rdata.c b/lib/dns/rdata.c
index 7a7ee81a98..8773145ed6 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rdata.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rdata.c
@@ -625,8 +625,7 @@ dns_rdata_fromtext(dns_rdata_t *rdata, dns_rdataclass_t rdclass,
 	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS) {
 		name = isc_lex_getsourcename(lexer);
 		line = isc_lex_getsourceline(lexer);
-		fromtext_error(callback, callbacks, name, line,
-			       &token, result);
+		fromtext_error(callback, callbacks, name, line, NULL, result);
 		return (result);
 	}