diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b35d25bae5..b17e23f2e0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Sep 23 21:50:53 2008  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
+
+	* io.c (io_binwrite): allocate wbuf if nosync.
+
 Tue Sep 23 21:45:02 2008  Tanaka Akira  <akr@fsij.org>
 
 	* io.c (copy_stream_body): use io_binwrite instead of io_fwrite.
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index cc59b1bbdc..48b1025c63 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ io_binwrite(VALUE str, rb_io_t *fptr, int nosync)
 
     len = RSTRING_LEN(str);
     if ((n = len) <= 0) return n;
-    if (fptr->wbuf == NULL && !(fptr->mode & FMODE_SYNC)) {
+    if (fptr->wbuf == NULL && !(!nosync && (fptr->mode & FMODE_SYNC))) {
         fptr->wbuf_off = 0;
         fptr->wbuf_len = 0;
         fptr->wbuf_capa = 8192;