diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index e07e91bc3c..8e24da2ce6 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -2396,9 +2396,12 @@ sort_1(const void *ap, const void *bp, void *dummy)
     struct ary_sort_data *data = dummy;
     VALUE retval = sort_reentered(data->ary);
     VALUE a = *(const VALUE *)ap, b = *(const VALUE *)bp;
+    VALUE args[2];
     int n;
 
-    retval = rb_yield_values(2, a, b);
+    args[0] = a;
+    args[1] = b;
+    retval = rb_yield_values2(2, args);
     n = rb_cmpint(retval, a, b);
     sort_reentered(data->ary);
     return n;
diff --git a/benchmark/bm_array_sort_block.rb b/benchmark/bm_array_sort_block.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3579786056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/bm_array_sort_block.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ary = Array.new(1000) { rand(1000) }
+10000.times { ary.sort { |a, b| a <=> b } }