diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ec7d7e1f95..e221698ab9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ Mon Sep 30 20:29:10 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 	* io.c (rb_io_inspect): not need to raise IOError for closed
 	  stream.  [ruby-talk:51871]
 
+Mon Sep 30 03:48:15 2002  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* range.c (range_check): need no Fixnum check.
+
 Sun Sep 29 18:30:24 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (rb_w32_open_osfhandle): adjust
diff --git a/range.c b/range.c
index 932442af39..a004f408ec 100644
--- a/range.c
+++ b/range.c
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ static VALUE
 range_check(args)
     VALUE *args;
 {
-    if (!FIXNUM_P(args[0]) && !rb_obj_is_kind_of(args[0], rb_cNumeric)) {
-	rb_funcall(args[0], id_cmp, 1, args[1]);
-	/* rb_funcall(args[0], id_succ, 0, 0); */
-    }
+    rb_funcall(args[0], id_cmp, 1, args[1]);
+    /* rb_funcall(args[0], id_succ, 0, 0); */
     return Qnil;
 }