diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ce961e684f..395702e64c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Sep 30 20:29:10 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* io.c (rb_io_inspect): not need to raise IOError. [ruby-talk:51871]
+
 Sun Sep 29 18:30:24 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (rb_w32_open_osfhandle): adjust
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 80c12bc5b5..a10ff06dc3 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ rb_io_inspect(obj)
     OpenFile *fptr;
     char *buf, *cname;
 
-    GetOpenFile(obj, fptr);
-    if (!fptr->path) return rb_any_to_s(obj);
+    fptr = RFILE(rb_io_taint_check(obj))->fptr;
+    if (!fptr || !(fptr->f || fptr->f2) || !fptr->path) return rb_any_to_s(obj);
     cname = rb_class2name(CLASS_OF(obj));
     buf = ALLOCA_N(char, strlen(cname) + strlen(fptr->path) + 5);
     sprintf(buf, "#<%s:%s>", cname, fptr->path);