diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c484152fe..5d66b4c343 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Mon Jun  2 17:14:49 2014  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
+
+	* vm.c (ruby_vm_destruct): remove useless call of
+	  rb_gc_force_recycle().
+
+	  At this line, a VM object is already freed
+	  (is changed to T_NONE) by rb_gc_call_finalizer_at_exit().
+
 Mon Jun  2 15:50:24 2014  Koichi Sasada  <ko1@atdot.net>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_using_refinement): add write-barriers for
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index ae0148e852..ea138cc862 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -1749,12 +1749,12 @@ int
 ruby_vm_destruct(rb_vm_t *vm)
 {
     RUBY_FREE_ENTER("vm");
+
     if (vm) {
 	rb_thread_t *th = vm->main_thread;
 #if defined(ENABLE_VM_OBJSPACE) && ENABLE_VM_OBJSPACE
 	struct rb_objspace *objspace = vm->objspace;
 #endif
-	rb_gc_force_recycle(vm->self);
 	vm->main_thread = 0;
 	if (th) {
 	    rb_fiber_reset_root_local_storage(th->self);