diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bcbb582984..aea34c3d61 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-Fri Jun 13 14:18:54 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Fri Jun 13 14:24:37 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* gc.c (rb_memerror): exit with EXIT_FAILURE instead of magic number.
 
 	* gc.c (ruby_stack_check): STACK_LENGTH should be less than
 	  STACK_LEVEL_MAX.
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 567dca1cf8..5a19ed7093 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ rb_memerror(void)
     if (!nomem_error ||
 	(rb_thread_raised_p(th, RAISED_NOMEMORY) && rb_safe_level() < 4)) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "[FATAL] failed to allocate memory\n");
-	exit(1);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     rb_thread_raised_set(th, RAISED_NOMEMORY);
     rb_exc_raise(nomem_error);