diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6f99da2c7..6408899f2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed Jun 18 19:20:00 2008  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ruby.c (opt_W_getter): use ruby_verbose directly instead of parameter
+	  because ruby_verbose is not a real variable, so the address of
+	  parameter is not collect.
+
 Wed Jun 18 18:31:03 2008  NAKAMURA Usaku  <usa@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* win32/win32.c (errmap): add some pipe errors.
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index d1f02e69f8..ab26e245a8 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ verbose_setter(VALUE val, ID id, VALUE *variable)
 static VALUE
 opt_W_getter(VALUE val, ID id, VALUE *variable)
 {
-    switch (*variable) {
+    switch (ruby_verbose) {
       case Qnil:
 	return INT2FIX(0);
       case Qfalse: