diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da5e42df5d..7cb30dbe62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Feb 13 18:38:15 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
+
+	* re.c (rb_reg_raise): remove volatile
+	  Unnecessary since r41597
+
 Thu Feb 13 18:28:51 2014  Eric Wong  <e@80x24.org>
 
 	* re.c (rb_reg_regcomp): remove volatile
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 036d320770..d7ffeb040c 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ rb_reg_to_s(VALUE re)
 static void
 rb_reg_raise(const char *s, long len, const char *err, VALUE re)
 {
-    volatile VALUE desc = rb_reg_desc(s, len, re);
+    VALUE desc = rb_reg_desc(s, len, re);
 
     rb_raise(rb_eRegexpError, "%s: %"PRIsVALUE, err, desc);
 }