diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 03d18c5643..3c507f66ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Sun Jun 15 19:44:52 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* parse.y (yycompile): clear ruby_eval_tree_begin if parse failed.
+
+Sun Jun 15 19:44:52 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* parse.y (yycompile): clear ruby_eval_tree_begin too before parse.
+
 Sun Jun 15 19:22:21 2008  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* ext/pty/lib/expect.rb (IO#expect): check if peer is closed.
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 33db814826..3e0118f75c 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -2619,6 +2619,7 @@ yycompile(f, line)
 
     ruby__end__seen = 0;
     ruby_eval_tree = 0;
+    ruby_eval_tree_begin = 0;
     heredoc_end = 0;
     lex_strterm = 0;
     ruby_current_node = 0;
@@ -2644,7 +2645,7 @@ yycompile(f, line)
 	rb_gc_force_recycle((VALUE)tmp);
     }
     if (n == 0) node = ruby_eval_tree;
-    else ruby_eval_tree_begin = 0;
+    if (ruby_nerrs) ruby_eval_tree_begin = 0;
     return node;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_beginendblock.rb b/test/ruby/test_beginendblock.rb
index a60e41b848..ae96eacad3 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_beginendblock.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_beginendblock.rb
@@ -83,4 +83,16 @@ EOW
     assert_nil $?.exitstatus
     assert_equal Signal.list["INT"], $?.termsig
   end
+
+  def test_begin_and_eval
+    $test_begin_and_eval = :ok
+    begin
+      eval("BEGIN{$test_begin_and_eval = :ng}\n_/a:a")
+    rescue SyntaxError
+      x1 = x2 = $test_begin_and_eval
+      eval("x2 = $test_begin_and_eval")
+    end
+    assert_equal(:ok, x1)
+    assert_equal(:ok, x2)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 853e9b4231..7bb516003f 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2008-06-15"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 186
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20080615
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 180
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 181
 
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR 8