diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f90497560f..5e4d14ca71 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat May  9 11:14:50 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* vm_eval.c (rb_f_catch): gets rid of issue with gcc 4.4.  a patch
+	  from Alexey Froloff in [ruby-core:23398].  [ruby-core:22924]
+
 Fri May  8 19:38:54 2009  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/mkmf.rb (try_link0): removes waste dSYM directories lef
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index a24c6356cb..701ead0603 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.9.2"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2009-05-08"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2009-05-09"
 #define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL -1
 #define RUBY_BRANCH_NAME "trunk"
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 1
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2009
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 5
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 8
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 9
 
 #ifdef RUBY_EXTERN
 RUBY_EXTERN const char ruby_version[];
diff --git a/vm_eval.c b/vm_eval.c
index 5935aaeacc..8c2e10e619 100644
--- a/vm_eval.c
+++ b/vm_eval.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ rb_f_catch(int argc, VALUE *argv)
 {
     VALUE tag;
     int state;
-    VALUE val = Qnil;		/* OK */
+    volatile VALUE val = Qnil;		/* OK */
     rb_thread_t *th = GET_THREAD();
     rb_control_frame_t *saved_cfp = th->cfp;