diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9692004e5f..32b38611cd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Apr  6 13:21:30 2004  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/socket/socket.c (make_hostent): must return value.
+
 Tue Apr  6 00:05:30 2004  Masatoshi SEKI  <m_seki@mva.biglobe.ne.jp>
 
 	* lib/rinda/rinda.rb: add require 'drb/drb'
diff --git a/ext/socket/socket.c b/ext/socket/socket.c
index d13f6484ae..2c3d63b9c4 100644
--- a/ext/socket/socket.c
+++ b/ext/socket/socket.c
@@ -1098,14 +1098,13 @@ make_hostent(host, addr, ipaddr)
     struct addrinfo* addr;
     VALUE (*ipaddr)_((struct sockaddr*, size_t));
 {
-    VALUE ary;
     struct hostent_arg arg;
 
     arg.host = host;
     arg.addr = addr;
     arg.ipaddr = ipaddr;
-    ary = rb_ensure(make_hostent_internal, (VALUE)&arg,
-		    RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(freeaddrinfo), (VALUE)addr);
+    return rb_ensure(make_hostent_internal, (VALUE)&arg,
+		     RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(freeaddrinfo), (VALUE)addr);
 }
 
 VALUE