diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd20f50970..3c1045f0ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Nov 14 10:23:35 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
+
+	* vm_eval.c (rb_eval_cmd): use pre-defined idCall
+
 Fri Nov 14 09:25:44 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
 
 	* vm_eval.c (rb_yield_splat): add missing GC guard
diff --git a/vm_eval.c b/vm_eval.c
index ee984c7402..ded7f75eb5 100644
--- a/vm_eval.c
+++ b/vm_eval.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ rb_eval_cmd(VALUE cmd, VALUE arg, int level)
 	PUSH_TAG();
 	rb_set_safe_level_force(level);
 	if ((state = EXEC_TAG()) == 0) {
-	    val = rb_funcall2(cmd, rb_intern("call"), RARRAY_LENINT(arg),
+	    val = rb_funcall2(cmd, idCall, RARRAY_LENINT(arg),
 			      RARRAY_CONST_PTR(arg));
 	}
 	POP_TAG();