diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 384a56f5df..e78071c686 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -3632,12 +3632,13 @@ rb_vraise(VALUE exc, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 }
 
 void
-rb_raise(VALUE exc, const char *fmt, ...)
+rb_raise(VALUE exc_class, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, fmt);
-    rb_vraise(exc, fmt, args);
+    VALUE exc = rb_exc_new3(exc_class, rb_vsprintf(fmt, args));
     va_end(args);
+    rb_exc_raise(exc);
 }
 
 NORETURN(static void raise_loaderror(VALUE path, VALUE mesg));