diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 76c508b1a9..edcb38b75a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sun Jul 18 01:09:27 2010  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
+
+	* ext/pathname/pathname.c (path_initialize): return a value.
+
 Sun Jul 18 00:02:19 2010  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* ext/pathname/lib/pathname.rb (Pathname#initialize): removed.
diff --git a/ext/pathname/pathname.c b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
index b91cd470ad..d9917058da 100644
--- a/ext/pathname/pathname.c
+++ b/ext/pathname/pathname.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ path_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE arg)
 
     set_strpath(self, str);
     OBJ_INFECT(self, str);
+    return self;
 }
 
 void