diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6b0eb09f0d..dc43ecba59 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+3297.	[bug]		Named could die on a malformed master file. [RT #28467]
+
 3296.	[bug]		Named could die with a INSIST failure in
 			client.c:exit_check. [RT #28346]
 
diff --git a/lib/dns/rdata.c b/lib/dns/rdata.c
index 246213b7cf..340ec35d5e 100644
--- a/lib/dns/rdata.c
+++ b/lib/dns/rdata.c
@@ -634,8 +634,7 @@ 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);
 	}