diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c0469d7828..4654a93e11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Fri Mar 16 15:02:35 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+Fri Mar 16 17:33:08 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* enum.c (enum_take): allocate buffer array before iteration, as well
+	  as enum_first did.
 
 	* enum.c (enum_first): remove duplication.
 
diff --git a/enum.c b/enum.c
index 1be1deab1a..fd5ba1cd48 100644
--- a/enum.c
+++ b/enum.c
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ enum_take(VALUE obj, VALUE n)
     }
 
     if (len == 0) return rb_ary_new2(0);
-    result = rb_ary_new();
+    result = rb_ary_new2(len);
     memo = NEW_MEMO(result, 0, len);
     rb_block_call(obj, id_each, 0, 0, take_i, (VALUE)memo);
     return result;