diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0679e7fbea..0c366f807f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Nov 29 16:56:24 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* vm_eval.c (check_funcall_failed): pass ID.  [ruby-core:26934]
+
 Sun Nov 29 06:37:53 2009  Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/rexml/formatters/default.rb (write_attribute): fix an
diff --git a/vm_eval.c b/vm_eval.c
index 18cc8361d3..549b28becc 100644
--- a/vm_eval.c
+++ b/vm_eval.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ check_funcall_exec(struct rescue_funcall_args *args)
 static VALUE
 check_funcall_failed(struct rescue_funcall_args *args, VALUE e)
 {
-    if (rb_respond_to(args->recv, args->sym)) {
+    if (rb_respond_to(args->recv, SYM2ID(args->sym))) {
 	rb_exc_raise(e);
     }
     return Qundef;