diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8323bffaf..d491cb60bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Fri Nov 15 07:40:08 2002  NAKAMURA Hiroshi  <nakahiro@sarion.co.jp>
 	* ostruct.rb: ditto.  fix a bug in inspect which called String#+ with
 	  Symbol.  [ruby-dev:18788]
 
+	* profile.rb: illegal use of Array#sort!.  replaced it with non-bang
+	  method.  [ruby-dev:18792]
+
 Thu Nov 14 22:40:29 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* configure.in (LIBRUBY_A): append -static.  [ruby-dev:18689]
diff --git a/lib/profile.rb b/lib/profile.rb
index 6f772ee6d9..23840c4e19 100644
--- a/lib/profile.rb
+++ b/lib/profile.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ module Profiler__
     MAP["#toplevel"][1] = total
 #    f = open("./rmon.out", "w")
     f = STDERR
-    data = MAP.values.sort!{|a,b| b[2] <=> a[2]}
+    data = MAP.values
+    data.sort!{|a,b| b[2] <=> a[2]}
     sum = 0
     f.printf "  %%   cumulative   self              self     total\n"           
     f.printf " time   seconds   seconds    calls  ms/call  ms/call  name\n"