diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0674d1421a..63eaa4d727 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Oct  1 17:01:30 2003  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (rb_load): Object scope had priority over required file
+	  scope.  [ruby-dev:21415]
+
 Wed Oct 01 14:09:53 2003  Takaaki Uematsu <uema2x@jcom.home.ne.jp>
 
 	* wince/mkconfig_wce.rb: sorry, forget to commit.
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 5c2ff1790f..d8162916ba 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -5758,7 +5758,6 @@ rb_load(fname, wrap)
     ruby_frame->last_func = 0;
     ruby_frame->last_class = 0;
     ruby_frame->self = self;
-    PUSH_CREF(ruby_class);
     PUSH_SCOPE();
     /* default visibility is private at loading toplevel */
     SCOPE_SET(SCOPE_PRIVATE);