diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0e88963e95..5ced5f2df8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Nov 15 23:54:24 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* file.c (file_load_ok): eaccess() returns 0 on success.
+	  fixed: [ruby-dev:27713]
+
 Tue Nov 15 16:36:03 2005  Hirokazu Yamamoto  <ocean@m2.ccsnet.ne.jp>
 
 	* array.c (rb_ary_fill): previous commit disabled this usage:
diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index d41c2f48ae..bdd12d0946 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ is_macos_native_path(const char *path)
 static int
 file_load_ok(const char *path)
 {
-    return eaccess(path, R_OK);
+    return eaccess(path, R_OK) == 0;
 }
 
 extern VALUE rb_load_path;