diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7f80a565c7cb..32bfad367e2e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bb8e8bcce7eceacb52eb0a3ebb64202ad6bcc438
+refs/heads/master: 8998979cc1f90da5a48b2e8a13833217c63f7c4a
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/trunk/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index ce59fc2d8de4..6501a50e17f0 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/bloat-o-meter
+++ b/trunk/scripts/bloat-o-meter
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def getsizes(file):
     for l in os.popen("nm --size-sort " + file).readlines():
         size, type, name = l[:-1].split()
         if type in "tTdDbB":
-            if "." in name: name = "static." + name.split(".")[0]
+            # function names begin with '.' on 64-bit powerpc
+            if "." in name[1:]: name = "static." + name.split(".")[0]
             sym[name] = sym.get(name, 0) + int(size, 16)
     return sym