diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac0341c9f2..b34735bf2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Feb  9 04:12:29 2012  NARUSE, Yui  <naruse@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* test/pathname/test_pathname.rb: not read but binread.
+	  patched by Benoit Daloze, [ruby-core:42440] [Bug #5984]
+
 Wed Feb  8 22:29:59 2012  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* string.c (rb_str_modify_expand): fix memory leak.
diff --git a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
index dcbcd49754..1631403eb2 100644
--- a/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
+++ b/test/pathname/test_pathname.rb
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ class TestPathname < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def test_binread
     with_tmpchdir('rubytest-pathname') {|dir|
       open("a", "w") {|f| f.write "abc" }
-      assert_equal("abc", Pathname("a").read)
+      assert_equal("abc", Pathname("a").binread)
     }
   end