diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2e14cf8196..9d4d20f124 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Jul 12 02:15:58 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
+
+	* string.c (rb_str_match): fix for string match.
+
 Fri Jul 12 00:02:50 2002  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nokada@softhome.net>
 
 	* ext/stringio/stringio.c (strio_gets_internal): fixed for record
diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 9aeb7ef800..cba8d340c5 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -973,7 +973,6 @@ static VALUE
 rb_str_match(x, y)
     VALUE x, y;
 {
-    VALUE reg;
     long start;
 
     switch (TYPE(y)) {
@@ -981,7 +980,7 @@ rb_str_match(x, y)
 	return rb_reg_match(y, x);
 
       case T_STRING:
-	start = rb_str_index(reg, x, 0);
+	start = rb_str_index(x, y, 0);
 	if (start == -1) {
 	    return Qnil;
 	}