diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 233d6c59f2..269119406b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Dec  1 00:50:33 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* eval.c (rb_funcall2): allow to call protected methods.
+	  fixed: [ruby-dev:27890]
+
 Wed Nov 30 23:52:17 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* parse.y (struct parser_params): fields common to ripper must be
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 98e60a4261..1d7ff27d78 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -5768,13 +5768,13 @@ rb_call(VALUE klass, VALUE recv, ID mid,
 	return method_missing(recv, mid, argc, argv, scope==2?CSTAT_VCALL:0);
     }
 
-    if (mid != missing) {
+    if (mid != missing && scope == 0) {
 	/* receiver specified form for private method */
-	if ((noex & NOEX_PRIVATE) && scope == 0)
+	if (noex & NOEX_PRIVATE)
 	    return method_missing(recv, mid, argc, argv, CSTAT_PRIV);
 
 	/* self must be kind of a specified form for protected method */
-	if ((noex & NOEX_PROTECTED)) {
+	if (noex & NOEX_PROTECTED) {
 	    VALUE defined_class = klass;
 
 	    if (TYPE(defined_class) == T_ICLASS) {