1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/re.c b/src/re.c
index f3cfea484..0022f9a9c 100644
--- a/src/re.c
+++ b/src/re.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mrb_reg_s_new_instance(mrb_state *mrb, /*int argc, mrb_value *argv, */mrb_value
   re->ptr = 0;
   re->src = 0;
   re->usecnt = 0;
-  return mrb_funcall_argv(mrb, mrb_obj_value(re), "initialize", argc, argv);
+  return mrb_funcall_argv(mrb, mrb_obj_value(re), mrb_intern(mrb, "initialize"), argc, argv);
 }
 
 mrb_value