diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bcf7bbc5cb..f8cd53fcaf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu Oct 18 18:42:35 2012  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
+
+	* insns.def (opt_send_simple): move the location of
+	  `opt_send_simple' to the place near `send' definition.
+	  (to take care about icache locality).
+
 Thu Oct 18 18:29:25 2012  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
 
 	* insns.def (send): remove unused condition.
diff --git a/insns.def b/insns.def
index f019435750..a096c5b843 100644
--- a/insns.def
+++ b/insns.def
@@ -968,6 +968,21 @@ send
     CALL_METHOD(ci);
 }
 
+/**
+  @c optimize
+  @e Invoke method without block, splat
+  @j Invoke method without block, splat
+ */
+DEFINE_INSN
+opt_send_simple
+(CALL_INFO ci)
+(...)
+(VALUE val) // inc += -ci->orig_argc;
+{
+    vm_search_method(ci, ci->recv = TOPN(ci->argc));
+    CALL_METHOD(ci);
+}
+
 /**
   @c method/iterator
   @e super(args) # args.size => num
@@ -2045,21 +2060,6 @@ opt_regexpmatch2
     }
 }
 
-/**
-  @c optimize
-  @e Invoke method without block, splat
-  @j Invoke method without block, splat
- */
-DEFINE_INSN
-opt_send_simple
-(CALL_INFO ci)
-(...)
-(VALUE val) // inc += -ci->orig_argc;
-{
-    vm_search_method(ci, ci->recv = TOPN(ci->argc));
-    CALL_METHOD(ci);
-}
-
 /**
   @c optimize
   @e call native compiled method