diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6d57474eaa..ccd2a7831f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed May 18 23:42:25 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* error.c (exc_exception): reverted to call Exception#initialize
+	  directly.  fixed: [ruby-dev:26177]
+
 Wed May 18 23:39:09 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* dir.c (glob_helper): get rid of using String.  [ruby-dev:26180]
diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 8583286e71..1f4a7235f0 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ exc_exception(argc, argv, self)
     if (argc == 0) return self;
     if (argc == 1 && self == argv[0]) return self;
     exc = rb_obj_clone(self);
-    rb_obj_call_init(exc, argc, argv);
+    exc_initialize(argc, argv, exc);
 
     return exc;
 }