diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fcd3766f73..0494527b86 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Mon Mar  7 10:58:07 2016  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/win32ole/win32ole_event.c (rescue_callback): use
+	  rb_write_error_str instead of rb_write_error, to respect
+	  the encoding and prevent the message from GC.
+
+	* internal.h (rb_write_error_str): export.
+
 Mon Mar  7 01:38:41 2016  Rei Odaira  <Rei.Odaira@gmail.com>
 
 	* test/ruby/test_process.rb (test_execopts_gid): Skip a test
diff --git a/ext/win32ole/win32ole_event.c b/ext/win32ole/win32ole_event.c
index 8e30732592..577333bfbb 100644
--- a/ext/win32ole/win32ole_event.c
+++ b/ext/win32ole/win32ole_event.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  *   <code>WIN32OLE_EVENT</code> objects controls OLE event.
  */
 
+RUBY_EXTERN void rb_write_error_str(VALUE mesg);
+
 typedef struct {
     struct IEventSinkVtbl * lpVtbl;
 } IEventSink, *PEVENTSINK;
@@ -468,7 +470,7 @@ rescue_callback(VALUE arg)
     VALUE msg = rb_funcall(e, rb_intern("message"), 0);
     bt = rb_ary_entry(bt, 0);
     error = rb_sprintf("%"PRIsVALUE": %"PRIsVALUE" (%s)\n", bt, msg, rb_obj_classname(e));
-    rb_write_error(StringValuePtr(error));
+    rb_write_error_str(error);
     rb_backtrace();
     ruby_finalize();
     exit(-1);
diff --git a/internal.h b/internal.h
index dc3862323a..dfd09844c8 100644
--- a/internal.h
+++ b/internal.h
@@ -872,7 +872,6 @@ const char *ruby_get_inplace_mode(void);
 void ruby_set_inplace_mode(const char *);
 ssize_t rb_io_bufread(VALUE io, void *buf, size_t size);
 void rb_stdio_set_default_encoding(void);
-void rb_write_error_str(VALUE mesg);
 VALUE rb_io_flush_raw(VALUE, int);
 size_t rb_io_memsize(const rb_io_t *);
 
@@ -1353,6 +1352,7 @@ VALUE rb_ident_hash_new(void);
 /* io.c (export) */
 void rb_maygvl_fd_fix_cloexec(int fd);
 int rb_gc_for_fd(int err);
+void rb_write_error_str(VALUE mesg);
 
 /* numeric.c (export) */
 VALUE rb_int_positive_pow(long x, unsigned long y);