diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2c8032ec1e..5f474db4b4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Sun Jul 10 11:35:29 2011  Yusuke Endoh  <mame@tsg.ne.jp>
+
+	* parse.y (reduce_nodes_gen): NODE_RETURN in rescue body must not be
+	  reduced when there is an else clause.  This caused bizarre behavior
+	  in [Bug #4473] [ruby-core:35629] [ruby-core:37884].
+
 Sun Jul 10 09:46:14 2011  Masaya Tarui  <tarui@ruby-lnag.org>
 
 	* range.c (range_max): fix behavior with excluded end value.
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 9769bb9887..ffa649b7af 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -8713,6 +8713,10 @@ reduce_nodes_gen(struct parser_params *parser, NODE **body)
 	    if (!subnodes(nd_head, nd_resq)) goto end;
 	    break;
 	  case NODE_RESCUE:
+	    if (node->nd_else) {
+		body = &node->nd_resq;
+		break;
+	    }
 	    if (!subnodes(nd_head, nd_resq)) goto end;
 	    break;
 	  default: