diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c594539724..8e0ccd66a3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Feb  9 16:36:23 2016  Naotoshi Seo  <sonots@gmail.com>
+
+	* lib/logger.rb: Remove block from Logger.add as it's not needed
+	  patch provided by Daniel Lobato Garcí [fix GH-1240] [Bug #12054]
+
 Tue Feb  9 14:32:23 2016  Zachary Scott  <zzak@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/zlib/zlib.c: Document mtime header behavior with patch by @schneems
diff --git a/lib/logger.rb b/lib/logger.rb
index 2246673b09..5a310bacb5 100644
--- a/lib/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/logger.rb
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class Logger
   # * Append open does not need to lock file.
   # * If the OS supports multi I/O, records possibly may be mixed.
   #
-  def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil, &block)
+  def add(severity, message = nil, progname = nil)
     severity ||= UNKNOWN
     if @logdev.nil? or severity < @level
       return true